The most popular word in 2009 was “Twitter,” according to the Global Language Maonitor, which tracks language trends.
It came in ahead of Obama, stiumlus, and vampire, all in the top five.
In Bing’s most searched topics in 2009, however, Obama beat out Michael Jackson for the top slot, although “King of Pop,” referring to Jackson, was the number one search phrase of the year on Bing.
The Oxford English Dictionary, though, cited “unfriend” as the word of the year.
The effects of social media upon the language this year were so obvious it led the site Mashable to ask, not entirely tongue-in-cheek “What else does social media have to conquer?”
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