‘Noob’ Could Be The Millionth English Word
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‘Noob’ is set to become the millionth word in the English language a milestone set to be reached this summer according to English-language experts. The news comes directly from the Global Language Monitor that estimates the millionth word in the English language is set to arrive on June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am, British Summer Time.
The milestone will be passed at 10.22am on June 10 according to the Global Language Monitor, an association of academics that tracks the use of new words.
The widespread popularity of English as a second language in Asia has brought about the most fertile period of word generation since William Shakespeare’s time with new terms coined on average every 98 minutes, the Texas-based group claims.
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