Will "Noob" Be the Millionth Word in the English Language?

[PhantomCritic]

great...just what the english language needs, internet slang that only idoits would use when they want to declare someone is unskilled at something.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

One word (or two in your theory) Blackboard. Its its own word, even though it is a combination of the words black and board.

20,000
Twenty thousand

54
Fifty four/Fifty-four

I've never seen fiftyfour or twentythousand.

 

[irrelevantnugget]

If this happens, I'll reject English as a language, and start usin-... parler Français.

 

[NeedAUserName]

One word (or two in your theory) Blackboard. Its its own word, even though it is a combination of the words black and board.

20,000
Twenty thousand

54
Fifty four/Fifty-four

I've never seen fiftyfour or twentythousand.

Crap! My flawless plan, I must slink away and plot for now...

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Romeo & Juliet in 1337 [http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm]

 

[Lukeje]

Romeo & Juliet in 1337 [http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm]

That was just horrible... is that really what our English language has become?

 

[SteinFaust]

Romeo & Juliet in 1337 [http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm]

That was just horrible... is that really what our English language has become?

Afraid so... but that really just represents the 10-17 demographic from what I've seen.

 

[TaborMallory]

I already added "noob" to my computer's dictionary

 

[Kojiro ftt]

This is ridiculous. There is not 1,000,0000 active words in the English language. That is obviously an exhaustive historical list, to which new words are added but old ones are never removed. And the fact that we only know 14k of the words? We obviously aren't using different sets of 14k words or we wouldn't be able to talk to each other. That means nobody is using 986,000 of the words anymore. So are they really part of the English language if nobody is using them?

 

[TsunamiWombat]

YOU WILL SELECT N00B, N00BS!

 

[hippykiller]

i say the word noob about 87 times a day so yes it will Be the Millionth Word in the English Language.

 

[SharPhoe]

That's what the English language needs, more stupid intenet slang.

But if it gets added to the dictionary, will it still be slang, technically? And who knows, maybe if the words gets added, people will stop using it since it's now everyone knows about it.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

yeah i think that number of words is rather inflated, there's a bunch that have been removed, last i heard english is around 400k or something for words

it is by far the most verbose language out there

 

[Ophiuchus]

Romeo & Juliet in 1337 [http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm]

...oh Jesus Christ. I tried, I really did, before ragequitting at the very beginning of act 1, scene 1.

Meh, I think noob is just one of those words that I overused for a while and got over it. It'd be pretty sad if we reduced the whole language to stupidity, though oddly fitting in a way.

And yes, I realise the irony in an Essex boy moaning about the butchery of the English language.

 

[wordsmith]

Newb/Newbie? Sure, knock yourselves out. Noob? I swear, I'll cut you!

This
This
100 times, this!

 

[Mstrswrd]

Isn't "noob" a word from the early 1900's? I remember reading somewhere that one of the words we use as internet slang (can't remember what it was but I think it was noob) was actually used in the early 1900's to descibe someone in relation to some sport.

As you can see, I don't really remember the article to well.

 

[Steeveeo]

Let's hope such a horrid slur never makes it into the dictionary...

I think I may go on a dictionary burning rampage if "U" becomes an official replacement for "You", or similarly "4" for "For", or "2" for "to," "two," or "too."

EDIT: woot, post #300.

 

[Svenparty]

It may as well be recognised as an official word =

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

Romeo & Juliet in 1337 [http://uninteresting.myby.co.uk/noeffort/romjul.htm]

That. Was. Hilarious. "Woot!"

 

[Captain Schpack]

I think it should, based on extremely popular use. Also, it is used mainly by the upcoming generation.