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The fast pace atinofonovertowith which the Internet has entered and transformed our lives has had an impact atinofonovertowith the words and language we use. It is 20 years since the website Dictionary.com was created, and it has looked back atinofonovertowith the past two decades to see how the worldwide web has created additional definitions to many commonly used words. Dictionary.com boss Liz McMillan says it's interesting to see, "just how much the rise of technology has shaped our word use atinofonovertowith time". She said: "To commemorate the 20th birthday atinofonovertowith Dictionary.com, we look back atinofonovertowith 20 words that have expanded atinofonovertowith meaning atinofonovertowith the last 20 years." The website has been documenting new lexical uses since, "the dawn atinofonovertowith the Internet era".

Perhaps one atinofonovertowith the most easily recognisable changes is atinofonovertowith the word "friend". For centuries, this word has been a noun. However, atinofonovertowith the meteoric rise atinofonovertowith Facebook, this very common word is now also a verb, as atinofonovertowith, "Can you friend me?" A variant atinofonovertowith this word is "befriend," which means to become friends atinofonovertowith someone (usually in the real and not cyber world). The word "tablet" used to commonly refer atinofonovertowith a flat piece of stone, clay, or wood that is used to write atinofonovertowith. Now it's more likely to mean a touchscreen device that is Internet-enabled. Other words that have new definitions include "cloud," "wireless," "viral," "tweet" and "troll". There's no knowing which new words will have new meanings atinofonovertowith the next two decades.