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The Millionth English Word

US web monitoring firm, Global Language Monitor, has declared the millionth Englith word to be "Web 2", which is a term used for the latest generation of web products.

(They trawl the internet for new words and terms and once a word or phrase has been used at least 25,000 times, it accepts it. Seemingly Web 2 beat the terms "Jai ho", "Noob", and "Slumdog". Coming to a dictionary near you!)

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