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And, rather disappointingly, it’s “web 2.0”.

http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words

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I think that's rather fitting

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Bah! What a poor and unfortunate choice. My experience of Web 2.0 has left me waiting for the 2.1 patch to make it more stable and streamline...


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And, rather disappointingly, it’s “web 2.0”.

http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words


Have I missed something?

"Web two point oh" is four already existing words, isn't it?
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paulzolo wrote:
And, rather disappointingly, it’s “web 2.0”.

http://www.languagemonitor.com/no-of-words


Have I missed something?

"Web two point oh" is four already existing words, isn't it?
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I was going to comment, but the link says "words and phrases"...Rather misleading given the site name...


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Shouldn't it be web 0.2?

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I was going to comment, but the link says "words and phrases"...Rather misleading given the site name...

+1.

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I read that the 999,998th word is "noob"

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I await with interest the OED definition of “web 2.0”.

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