According to a new patent, Facebook is exploring new software designed to scan the social network looking for emerging slang and nicknames. Once found, the software would deposit the terms neatly into a “social glossary” for further analysis. The patent, which was granted in February, details a means of analyzing these terms by scouring posts and messages to look for new pieces of language — called neologisms — that are gaining acceptance by a relatively small group, but aren’t yet widely accepted. Grammar Monster detailed a few examples of neologisms that are now accepted into modern language — d’oh!, wicked (meaning good), to Google — as…
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