There are new words being added to the dictionary each year, mostly as a result of our digital, technological, and 'social' advances. No need to go over them here, but I've also noticed we're starting to change some of the 'definitions' of the words we've grown up with.

Wouldn't you agree that some of our so-called 'Friends' are not really friends per se. But Facebook is too lazy to come up with several options for us to identify them with, as in acquaintances, admirers, and morons better known as stalkers.

'Followers' is another one. 'I am following you' used to be reserved for those who wanted to follow in their leaders' footsteps or those who wanted to mug you in a dark alley or find out where you lived so they can 'follow' your every move. Sounds like Twitter, doesn't it?

Then there's the status of 'mayor' for the foursquare addicts. If they've been to my Starbucks more than I care to, they can oust me as the mayor, and even get a sense of Waldo Envy, enough to announce to the whole world their achievement no matter how short lived, usually reserved for politicians who would die to get elected without being selected.

Take for example, the recently not so popular Mayor Villaraigosa of Los Angeles. Some have even likened him to another 'popular' Mayor, John Lindsay of New York. Not too many Mayors with Friends these days given the state of the economy I presume. I wonder if enough Mayors screw up and become hated, would foursquare then think of changing the term 'mayor' to define an aspired 'status' symbol, no pun intended?

By the way, have you too noticed 'social' networking is now best done alone and in front of a computer, where 'engagements' are measured not in carats but in carrots offered to clients and those who simply choose to 'subscribe' to our 'feed' frenzy.

Whatever happened to the good old days, when 'checking-in' was not allowed before 3PM, and the 'buzz' referred to things that didn't involve Google's latest goof, or 'unfollow' was considered bad grammar?

Now we encourage dismissing wovels just so we can say what we mean in under 140 characters or risk not getting too many 'hits' by a new cast of characters.