Formosus Viriustus Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 1.000.000 words in English ? http://www.languagemonitor.com/ My vote goes to 'chickonomics' (not the same as 'chiconomics') Nation's Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan : 'Let's Move In Together' F rmosus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosus Viriustus Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Looking over that article again : English claims to have twice as many words as any other language. Looking at the candidates for title of 1 000 000 th word, I see how that works : there are quite a few bona fide candidates there such as 'chiconomics', 'recessionista' or 'noob'. But how are 'overseas contingency operation' or 'seatmate of size' new words ? They are words alright, but not 'one' word. They are expressions consisting of three words each, none of them new. On closer examination, maybe I should suggest 'on closer examination' as a candidate. Or is that a 'word' already ? F rmosus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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