每日一词学英语(43): Web 2.0

据说每隔98分钟诞生一个英语单词，判断新词的标准是：在媒体和社交网络(包括Twitter, Facebook等)上露面达到2.5万次。The Texas-based Global Language Monitor (GLM) acknowledges new words once they have been used 25,000 times on media and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. It predicts that a new English-language word is created every 98 minutes.

今天上午(June 10, 2009，格林尼治时间)第一百万个英语单词新鲜出炉：Web 2.0，是互联网领域的词汇。下面是Wiktionary上的简明解释：
Web 2.0 (uncountable)：(Internet) The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking.

百万单词浩如烟海，即使最有语言天赋的人也至多使用7万个英语单词。新近上榜的英语新词还有：“flash mob”，“a herbert”，“shoulder-surfing”，你听说过吗？