Twitter Declared Most Popular English Word of 2009

Published by Tech Pundit | Filed under Social media | November 30th, 2009

While Twitter may have taken second place in Bing’s 10 most searched topics of 2009 , we’ve now learned that it has become top dog in something far bigger: the entire English language . The Global Language Monitor , which tracks language trends, has once again compiled and released its yearly list of the most popular words and phrases within the English language. In 2008, the #1 most popular word was “change” (referring to the mantra of the top name of 2008, Barack Obama).

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Twitter Declared Most Popular English Word of 2009