Web 2.0 crowned one millionth English word

[steve_spackman]

A U.S.-based language monitoring group crowned Web 2.0 as the one millionth word or phrase in the English language on Wednesday, although other linguists slammed it as nonsense and a stunt. :\

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090610/tc_nm/us_word_millionth_life_tech

[Storm]

It is non-sense...web 2.0 is just stupid tech jargon!

[Rollo]

- Web is already a word.
- 2.0 is not a word but a decimal number.
- "Web 2.0" if anything is two words because they're separated by a space.

Besides which, the only real standards for English are the OED, the Merriam-Webster and the Macquarie Dictionary, all others are piles of pants.

[stevie_gerrard]

This was a hugely disappointing story, i would have put my money on noob being the milliontrh word :p :

[Mark]

Exactly, it's a term, not a word.

Do we go listing all two word terms now?

[Tazio]

Someone/group that can't get a real job baiting the press and getting them to bite on a ridiculous concept.
Ignore these phonies!