Top English word this year 2009

Texas-based Global Language Monitor put together a list of the top words and phrases

The top 15 words were:

1. Twitter (Social Networking Sites)

2. Obama

3. H1N1

4. Stimulus

5. Vampire

6. 2.0 - as in suffix attached to the next generation

7. Deficit

8. Hadron

9. Healthcare

10.Transparency

11.Outrage

12.Bonus

13.Unemployed

14.Foreclosure

15.Cartel (ANI)

Twitter, the word was more popular than "Obama" and "H1N1", commonly known as the "swine flu".