As we mentioned earlier, jai ho and slumdog were in the running
As we mentioned earlier, jai ho and slumdog were in the running to be the English language’s millionth word.
The Global Language Monitor announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase.
The Indian terms – Jai ho and Slumdog – finished no. 2 and no.4 respectively.
The Global Language Monitor, which uses a math formula to track the frequency of words and phrases in print and electronic media, said web 2.0 appeared over 25,000 times in searches and was widely accepted, making it the one millionth word.