Google awarded 'word of the decade'
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 15 January 2010, 14:52 IST   |    39 Comments
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Google awarded 'word of the decade'
Washington: American Dialect Society (ADS), led by speech scholars have voted Google as the 'word of the decade' and 'tweet' as 2009's top word. Google means to search the Internet and this word is being used by almost everyone now-a-days. The society also chose "tweet", sending a short message via Twitter, as the top word for 2009 at its 20th annual session held in Baltimore this month. Grant Barrett, Chairman of the society's New Words Committee said, "Both words are, in the end, products of the information age, where every person has the ability to satisfy curiosity and to broadcast to a select following, both via the Internet." Other finalists for word of the decade were "blog", "9/11", "Facebook", "text", "Wi-Fi" and "war on terror". Barrett said, "I really thought 'blog' would take the honours in the word of the decade category, but more people Google than blog don't they? Plus, many people think 'blog' just sounds ugly." Nominees for 'Word of the Year' were the suffix "-er", "fail", and "H1N1" (the virus that causes swine flu). Regarding the selection process, the society which was established 1890, said, "The words or phrases do not have to be brand new, but they have to be newly prominent or notable in the past year."

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