'Noob' could be the millionth English word

'Noob' could well be the millionth word in the English language – a milestone set to be reached within the coming weeks.

The news comes directly from the Global Language Monitor that estimates the millionth word in the English language is set to arrive on June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am, British Summer Time.

Approximately!

[Diselage]

Good to see the gaming culture getting it's word put in. Makes me so proud of all of us.

[jessehaysfl]

really? really? noob makes you proud?......ahhh just giving shiat

[Diselage]

Well I'll raise my hand next time though so everyone can tell I'm being sarcastic.

[jessehaysfl]

yeah thats one of the crappy things about the interwebs I was also trying to be funny. I failed.

[theKiller]

what does NOOB mean exactly??

[jessehaysfl]

@the killer

From my post below

evolution

i remember back in my D1 battledotnet days when it was "new bee" then
"newb" now its "noob" ............damn I feel old it was only like twelve years ago.... "assays are teh hottness essays." -edit

[7thNightvolley]

noob is word describing someone with less or no skill in a particular endeavor

he is a noob (has no skill)

[Ellessdee]

i thought noob ment your a rookie in a game. like you just started playing so your not good at it yet. you know 'new'b. what if you just suck at a game but you've been playing it for months, would you still be a noob? like, if somebody that plays god of war can only beat the game on easy mode, but they've played through it a dozen times, do they still constitute as a noob?

anyways, back on topic, i dont think internet slang should be counted as a real word just because its popular. i mean, what would happen to the english language if words like 'lol' and 'omg' became real terms? disaster, thats what.

[koehler83]

Ironic that such a lingual milestone would be occupied by the word 'Noob'

[Gun_Senshi]

I can use the world noob in assays soon!

[FlameBaitGod]

Lol

[Daoshai]

do you mean essays? because I don't think you can put a noob in an assay, well not legally atleast

[agentace]

lol you moan at him for spelling essays wrong but didnt notice he spelt word wrong aswell, what a n00b

[ReTarDedFisHy]

Can't wait to use it in my English class orals or term papers.

[PirateThom]

"Duncan was a noob, he totally got pwned by Macbeth with the knife. I lol'd."

[Karum]

LOL

[psiom]

Would be truly amazing one day to see pwn/borked etc make it into the dictory...stuff born out of keyboard typos

[Mcrmarcher]

LMAO! Bubbles.

[7thNightvolley]

loool.. that got me .. bubbles..

[Information Minister]

Those are some epic writing skills you got there.

[jessehaysfl]

i remember back in my D1 battledotnet days when it was "new bee" then
"newb" now its "noob" ............damn I feel old it was only like twelve years ago.... "assays are teh hottness essays." -edit

[Diselage]

Even if it's a legit word i have a feeling that most English courses will frown at it's use.

[LightofDarkness]

This should not be a legitimate word as it's just internet slang for a slang word. It's double slang. That doth not compute.

[KruLLit]

I love that catface :3

[GrammarPolice]

What illustration will they use next to the definition? I vote for HipHopGamer.

Just kidding!

BTW, the OED lists such words as "bootylicious" as official terms so "noob" isn't a stretch. The scary thing is things like "pwned" can't be that far behind.

[Amp]

We havent seen hip hop as much these days. They must be having a hard time cutting and pasting other peoples work, and coming up with titles like "Xbox is for noobs" to get hits on site.lol

[specialguest]

From Wiki - The origin of the current word 'noob' was the word 'new boy', which later became 'newbie' and now 'noob'.

I predict in the year 2000...*ahem* I mean in the far future when humans become andriods, the word will evolve into the word 'nebula'. Quick! someone notate this and remember me as being the inventor of this future internet slang!

[micro_invader]

*Files patent under my own name*

Ouch, sorry dude, a bit too late :P

[specialguest]

*sprints to the local post office, only to realize that patents are not registered at the post office*

Ahh crap! okay I give up.