It's been a rough year, and that is why this year's New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year speaks so clearly to us. The 2009 word of the year? Unfriend.

The word -- which anybody who has ever gotten drunk and set a couch on fire at a party could tell you -- means removing a person as a friend of yours on Facebook or any other social networking sites.

Finalists for the award included netbook and sexting, neither of which has the same everyday appeal as unfriend, in our opinion. We're much more likely to say "I had eight margaritas last night and ended up unfriending everybody I went to high school with" than "Know what I love? Sexting." We won't say the word netbook under any circumstances. Tiny computer is much more fun.

A representative from Oxford's U.S. dictionary program says it's unfriend's currency and potential longevity that put it ahead of the others. We all know what that means -- be nice to those guys, or they will totally unfriend you.

Tell us: What do you think should be the 2009 word of the year?