Perhaps the beginning of the end is upon us as the word "noob" may end up being the one millionth word in the English language. It is being reported today by British newspapers The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, and The Independent that "noob" may end up becoming the latest English word at or around June 10, 2009.
June 10 is the date that one of these words is assumed to have hit that 25,000 usage criteria. I'll assume that the Global Language Monitor doesn't keep track of the usage of the word in games such as Counter-Strike. "Noob" would have hit that 25,000 mark years ago if they had.
Global Language Monitor acknowledges new words once they have been used 25,000 times by media outlets, social networking websites and in other public sources.
Other words that might make the cut include "defollow", "defriend", "greenwashing" (what companies do to appear environmentally friendly) and "chiconomics" (referring to credit crunch inspired fashions!).
Other words that might make the cut include "defollow", "defriend", "greenwashing" (what companies do to appear environmentally friendly) and "chiconomics" (referring to credit crunch inspired fashions!).
June 10 is the date that one of these words is assumed to have hit that 25,000 usage criteria. I'll assume that the Global Language Monitor doesn't keep track of the usage of the word in games such as Counter-Strike. "Noob" would have hit that 25,000 mark years ago if they had.
. But that would be awesome, just think of all the college papers and papers for school in general that you could start using the word noob then.
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