Guess Which Word Was Used Most Often in 2009

If someone asked you to guess the most used word or phrase of 2009 what would you say?

Healthcare?

Economy?

H1N1?

According to The Global Language Monitor, it’s Twitter.

“In a year dominated by world-shaking political events, a pandemic, the after-effects of a financial tsunami and the death of a revered pop icon, the word Twitter stands above all the other words,” said Paul JJ Payack, President of The Global Language Monitor. 

Surprised? We weren’t. Mentions of the popular microblogging site crop up at every turn. (Follow me.) But you might be surprised by some of the other words that made this year’s list.

Check out the full list of the most popular words of 2009 here.

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