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 'Web 2.0' is English's 
 Millionth Word 

A new word emerges every 98 minutes

Jun 10, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The millionth word to enter the English lexicon is pure geek-speak, the Telegraph reports: Web 2.0 was entered this morning by Global Language Monitor, which recognizes words once they’ve appeared 25,000 times in the media, blogs, and social websites. The linguistic cataloger estimates that a new word... More »

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