ss_blog_claim=73a3c7cc191c0c356bd74e9d6c0e9788 ss_blog_claim=73a3c7cc191c0c356bd74e9d6c0e9788 Twitter Declared Most Popular English Word of 2009 | Job Hunter: Community and Social Media Blog

Monday, November 30, 2009

Twitter Declared Most Popular English Word of 2009

twitter with yes scribbleYes, it is. Its "Twitter". The Global Language Monitor, a company that collects and analyzes language trend information on the web, ruled that the word "Twitter" is the most popular word this year. Bing, the search Microsoft's search engine, ranks Twitter as the second most searched word for this year.

Last year's most popular word was "change" which is linked to Barack Obama's mantra for his good governance. As for phrase, it would be "King of Pop" while Barack Obama is the most searched name on the Internet. From here, we can see just how word-usage is changing the landscape of social media and how we effectively communicate information. Kudos to Twitter for their success!

3 comments:

paulo said...

Wow! It's amazing. I don't even have an account at twitter, he he.

Selmyra said...

great !
ive got an account but lately , im dat into it

Nonoy said...

Paulo, i have an account in there and I'm enjoying it so far :D

Selmyra, Well. That's understandable. :) Great blog you have there sel :D


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