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Twitter and 2.0 among top 10 words for 2009

 // PUBLISHED November 30, 2009

What was the top word for 2009? Twitter.

That's according to the Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends. "In a year dominated by world-shaking political events, a pandemic, the after-effects of a financial tsunami and the death of a revered pop icon, the word Twitter stands above all the other words,” says Paul JJ Payack, president of the Global Language Monitor.

But there were other interesting words in the top 10, too.

  • 1Twitter
    Everything you know, do, and think, all in 140 characters.
  • 2Obama
    The president, whose name is leading to new words and phrases, like ObamaCare.
  • 3H1N1
    Swine flu. Now: Go wash your hands. Please.
  • 4Stimulus
    Billions and billions being spent.
  • 5Vampire
    Yes, vampires are big, no doubt about that.
  • 62.0
    There's Web 2.0, yes, but now everything is 2.0.
  • 7Deficit
    This word will be on the list for many years, perhaps.
  • 8Hadron
    The group's definition: "Ephemeral particles subject to collision in the Large Hadron Collider."
  • 9Healthcare
    Needed. Now.
  • 10Transparency
    More transparency equals better government.

Comments

Michael David - January 19th, 2010 at 5:31 am GMT

Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. most of peoples using Twitter, i also have twitter account with thousands of followers.

Thanks,
Mike

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tempurpedic - February 19th, 2010 at 8:29 pm GMT

Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. most of peoples using Twitter, i also have twitter account with thousands of followers._I totally agree what this guy said.

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