English Language Hits 1 Billion Words

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:56am

LONDON - A massive language research database responsible for bringing words such as "podcast" and "celebutante" to the pages of the Oxford dictionaries has officially hit a total of 1 billion words, researchers said Wednesday.
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[Calvin]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:58am

Is "irregardless" among them?

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:59am

Well, Calvin, irrespective of irregardless' inclusion, one must still marvel at that total.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:59am

thats alot of words.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:00am

I conquer.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:01am

that's a lot of words..... ;oP

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:01am

Let's see if we can say them all. One at a time. in order.

I'll start.

Aardvark.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:02am

Oh, Touchme, Scwartz already did that with "The Naming Game" in Children of Eden.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:03am

Was "positivity" in there already, or is it one of the new ones?

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:05am

Nah-uh Elphie.

[DG]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:09am

"Noun 1. positivity - a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation" - American Heritage

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:14am

Thanks DG - that's a word that I never heard until the past few months or so, and then quite commonly.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:16am

Is "embiggens" in there?

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:20am

what the heck kind of word is that?

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:22am

A very cromulent sort of word.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:33am

hehehe yoda, touche!