Jun 12

It seems like the world should have passed this mark a long time ago but as of June 10th 2009, “Web 2.0″, became the official 1 millionth word to enter the English language. It is defined as “[t]he next generation of web products and services, coming soon to a browser near you”. Other words that almost made the claim as the one millionth word were 999,999, “Jai Ho!”, which was made popular from the movie Slum Dog millionaire. Also another notable word that is infamous in the gaming world, n00b, is officially word number 999,998. It's also the only mainstream English word that contains two numerals.

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written by Easton Royce


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