Most commonly used words, names and phrases in last 5 years
?Occupy?, ?Arab Spring? and ?Steve Jobs? were the most commonly used words, phrases and names in English-speaking media internet in the past year, a study has found.
Here are the winners of previous years as compiled by Global Language Monitor:
2010:
Top Words: No 1 Spillcam, No 2 Vuvuzela, No 3 The Narrative
Top Phrases: No 1 Anger and Rage, No 2 Climate Change, No 3 The Great Recession
Top Names: No 1 Hu Jintao, paramount leader of China, No 2 iPad, No 3 Barack Obama
2009:
Top Words: No 1 Twitter, No 2 Obama, No 3 H1N1
Top Phrases: No 1 King of Pop, No 2 Obama-mania, No 3 Climate Change
Top Names: No 1 Obama, No 2 Michael Jackson, No 3 Mobama
2008:
Top Words: No 1 Change, No 2 Bailout, No 3 Obama-mania
Top Phrases: No 1 Financial Tsunami, No 2 Global Warming, No 3 ?Yes, We Can!?
Top Names: No 1 Barack Obama, No 2 George W Bush, No 3 Michael Phelps
2007:
Top Words: No 1 Hybrid (representing all things green), No 2 Surge
Top Phrase: Climate Change
Top Name: Al Gore
2006:
Top Word: Sustainable
Top Phrase: Stay the Course
Top Name: Darfur
2005:
Top Words: No 1 Refugee No 2 Tsunami No 3 Katrina
Top Phrase: Outside the Mainstream
?Occupy?, ?Arab Spring? and ?Steve Jobs? were the most commonly used words, phrases and names in English-speaking media internet in the past year, a study has found.
Here are the winners of previous years as compiled by Global Language Monitor:
2010:
Top Words: No 1 Spillcam, No 2 Vuvuzela, No 3 The Narrative
Top Phrases: No 1 Anger and Rage, No 2 Climate Change, No 3 The Great Recession
Top Names: No 1 Hu Jintao, paramount leader of China, No 2 iPad, No 3 Barack Obama
2009:
Top Words: No 1 Twitter, No 2 Obama, No 3 H1N1
Top Phrases: No 1 King of Pop, No 2 Obama-mania, No 3 Climate Change
Top Names: No 1 Obama, No 2 Michael Jackson, No 3 Mobama
2008:
Top Words: No 1 Change, No 2 Bailout, No 3 Obama-mania
Top Phrases: No 1 Financial Tsunami, No 2 Global Warming, No 3 ?Yes, We Can!?
Top Names: No 1 Barack Obama, No 2 George W Bush, No 3 Michael Phelps
2007:
Top Words: No 1 Hybrid (representing all things green), No 2 Surge
Top Phrase: Climate Change
Top Name: Al Gore
2006:
Top Word: Sustainable
Top Phrase: Stay the Course
Top Name: Darfur
2005:
Top Words: No 1 Refugee No 2 Tsunami No 3 Katrina
Top Phrase: Outside the Mainstream
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