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It's Jai Ho for Web 2.0, the 1 millionth English word
Hinglish term jai ho along with other Indian entry 'slumdog' failed to make it as the 1 millionth word or phrase in English lanuguage with web 2.0 clinching the honours, a US-based language monitoring group said on Wednesday.
The Global Language Monitor announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase.
Web 2.0 is a technical term meaning the next generation of World Wide Web products and services. It has crossed from technical jargon into far wider circulation in the last six months.
Jai ho -- a song composed by A R Rahman -- and 'slumdog' achieved English-language popularity through the multiple Academy Award Winner film 'Slumdog Millionaire.' 'Slumdog' refers to those residing in the slums of India while 'cuddies' used to refer to ladies' underwear or panties.
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.
Number of words in each language
English 10,00,000
Chinese 500,000+
Japanese 232,000
Spanish 225,000+
Russian 195,000
German 185,000
Hindi 120,000
French 100,000
Toki Pona 197
Source: Global Language Monitor, 2009
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