Twitter meest populaire woord in 2009 [top 15]

Zie hieronder de volledige top 15 voor 2009. Naast “twitter” zien we op plaats zes het woord “2.0” terug. Die term refereert aan alle web2.0 initiatieven de de laatste jaren sterk opkomen. De meeste andere termen zijn gerelateerd aan de kredietcrisis.

1.  Twitter — The ability to encapsulate human thought in 140 characters

2.  Obama — The word stem transforms into scores of new words like ObamaCare

3.  H1N1 — The formal (and politically correct) name for Swine Flu

4.  Stimulus — The $800 billion aid package meant to help mend the US economy

5.  Vampire — Vampires are very much en vogue, now the symbol of unrequited love

6.  2.0 — The 2.0 suffix is attached to the next generation of everything

7.  Deficit — Lessons from history are dire warnings here

8.  Hadron — Ephemeral particles subject to collision in the Large Hadron Collider

9.  Healthcare — The direction of which is the subject of intense debate in the US

10.  Transparency — Elusive goal for which many 21st c. governments are striving

11.  Outrage — In response to large bonuses handed out to ‘bailed-out’ companies

12.  Bonus — The incentive pay packages that came to symbolize greed and excess

13.  Unemployed — And underemployed amount to close to 20% of US workforce

14.  Foreclosure — Forced eviction for not keeping up with the mortgage payments

15.  Cartel — In Mexico, at the center of the battle over drug trafficking

Bron: Global Language Monitor

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