In a sure sign of our technology-driven times, the Oxford American Dictionary has named "GIF" as its 2012 word of the year, beating out a range of other modern terms. Personally, we would have voted ...

President Barack Obama declared "GIF" is pronounced with a hard "G," as one would pronounce “gift,” “gaffe” or the “G” in “Benghazi.” The debate rages on.

GIF narrowly beat out fellow acronym YOLO in a tight race to become the Oxford American Dictionaries’ 2012 Word of the Year. While GIF may be the 2012 winner, it isn’t a new word at all.

Recently Adam Leibsohn, the COO of the GIF platform Giphy, made his case that GIFs are superior to words as a medium of communication. Could this possi ...

AMAZEBALLS. YOLO*. Gangnam. All such ''worthy contenders'', all words that have purists pulling their hair out. But none could top ''to gif'' as 2012's word of the year, as declared by the Oxford ...

According to Oxford Dictionary, GIF is the word of the year for 2012. It means “to create a GIF file of (an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event): he GIFed the highlights of ...

The Oxford English Dictionary Gang has once again named their “Word of the Year,” and this one is very near and dear to all of our hearts: GIF. Love that word. Use it in a sentence. “I GIFed ...

If you were to choose the word of the year, the year being 2012, what would you pick? Trust this will be a matter of much enjoyably conflict-filled discussion as we gear up for end of the year ...

Perhaps seeing that GIF will cause you to experience a rastrophiliopustrocity of your own, and post a better GIF describing that word in the comments below. Subscribe to the Daily newsletter.