English language gets its one millionth word

 
The English language, which has more words than any other language in the history of the world, today added its one millionth word or phrase, according to the site Global Language Monitor. Several phrases were in the running, including “Jai Ho,” “Slumdog,” (terms popularized by the Oscar-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire) and “N00b,” a derogatory name for an amateur video-game player.

But the winner was “Web 2.0,” a phrase usually applied to social networking sites such as Facebook, and Twitter. (The Global Language Monitor, somewhat stiffly, calls “[Web 2.0] a technical term meaning the next generation of World Wide Web products and services. It has crossed from technical jargon into far wider circulation in the last six months.”) Since 2008, the Global Language Monitor, which is based in Texas, has been counting down its “Million Word March.”

According to the site, a new English word or phrase is created about every 98 minutes, for an average of…

[Not to be picky but wouldn’t “Web 2.0” be the 1,000,000 & 1,000,001?]