Twitter named top word of 2009
Twitter has been named as the most popular word of the year - meaning it was discussed more than any other topic in the last 12 months.The social networking site beat off competition from Obama, H1N1, Vamires and Stimulus, which made up the top 5 words of the year.
Texas-based Global Language Monitor looked at how many times different subjects had been discussed online and in the media with the 140 character site coming top.
Other popular words in 2009 included: 2.0, Deficit, Hadron, Healthcare and Transparency.
To be honest, looking at the top 10 words of the year we can't help but hope that 2010 is a bit more interesting.
A spokesperson for Global Language Monitor said: "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."
Top 10 Words of 2009
1. Twitter — The ability to encapsulate human thought in 140 characters
2. Obama — The word stem transforms into scores of new words like ObamaCare
3 H1N1 — The formal (and politically correct) name for Swine Flu
4. Stimulus — The $800 billion aid package meant to help mend the US economy
5. Vampire — Vampires are very much en vogue, now the symbol of unrequited love
6. 2.0 — The 2.0 suffix is attached to the next generation of everything
7. Deficit — Lessons from history are dire warnings here
8. Hadron — Ephemeral particles subject to collision in the Large Hadron Collider
9. Healthcare — The direction of which is the subject of intense debate in the US
10. Transparency — Elusive goal for which many 21st c. governments are striving
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Global Language Monitor
Top 10 Words of 2009
1. Twitter — The ability to encapsulate human thought in 140 characters
2. Obama — The word stem transforms into scores of new words like ObamaCare
3 H1N1 — The formal (and politically correct) name for Swine Flu
4. Stimulus — The $800 billion aid package meant to help mend the US economy
5. Vampire — Vampires are very much en vogue, now the symbol of unrequited love
6. 2.0 — The 2.0 suffix is attached to the next generation of everything
7. Deficit — Lessons from history are dire warnings here
8. Hadron — Ephemeral particles subject to collision in the Large Hadron Collider
9. Healthcare — The direction of which is the subject of intense debate in the US
10. Transparency — Elusive goal for which many 21st c. governments are striving
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Global Language Monitor
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