monitoring group said on Wednesday.
The Global Language Monitor announced that Web 2.0 has bested Jai Ho, N00b and Slumdog as the 1,000,000th English word or phrase.
Web 2.0 is a technical term meaning the next generation of World Wide Web products and services. It has crossed from technical jargon into far wider circulation in the last six months.
'Jai ho' -- a song composed by A R Rahman -- and 'slumdog' achieved English-language popularity through the multiple Academy Award Winner film 'Slumdog Millionaire.'
'Slumdog' refers to those residing in the slums of India while 'cuddies' used to refer to ladies' underwear or panties.
The Indian terms -- Jai ho and Slumdog -- finished no. 2 and no.4 respectively.
The Global Language Monitor, which uses a math formula to track the frequency of words and phrases in print and electronic media, said web 2.0 appeared over 25,000 times in searches and was widely accepted, making it the one millionth word.
"As expected, English crossed the 1,000,000 word threshold on June 10, 2009 at 10:22 am GMT," said Paul JJ Payack, president and chief word analyst of the Global Language Monitor.
"However, some 400 years after the death of the Bard, the words and phrases were coined far from Stratford-Upon- Avon, emerging instead from Silicon Valley, India, China, and Poland, as well as Australia, Canada, the US and the UK."
GLM had earlier said that due to the global extent of the English language, the millionth word is as likely to appear from India or China as it is to emerge from tratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's home town).