Have You Heard The Word Is Google?
Tech words are dominating the English language, according to The American Dialect Society. They recently announced that the word “google,” as in, “So I googled it and found out my cat shouldn’t be making those noises,” was named the society’s Word of the Decade. I’m not surprised. As the internet audience went from enormous to ginormous this decade, Google searching became an important part of our every day lives. However, I’m sure the people Alta Vista are pissed off that “Alta Vista-ing” didn’t catch on.
Another tech word got high marks from the ADS. “Tweet” was picked as their top word of 2009. There’s no doubt that tweeting was a popular word last year, but it seems ironic to give a word award to Twitter. After all, the whole point of Twitter is to get people to use less words. Don’t believe me? Google it.
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