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Now-Familiar "Chad" Earns Spot as Hot Word of 2000


Compiled by Ross Atkin

January 2, 2001 (Christian Science Monitor) - Language is never static, which is why yourDictionary.com, a leading language portal on the Internet, compiles some of the year's hottest words. The website asked experts to rank terms that reflect innovations in word choice and usage. Among their picks in two categories were:

Top Words
1. Chad
2. Millennium
3. Y2K
4. Sydney Olympics
5. Dotcom
Top Internet-related words
1. Eyeballs: visitor to a website
2. Stickiness: amount of time visitor stays on a website
3. Click-through: clicking on a banner ad on a website
4. Click-and-mortar: hybrid between dotcom and a brick-and-mortar operation
5. Layoffs: what happens when a dotcom fails

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