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"Noob" could be the millionth English word

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Beyond belief. "Noob" could be the millionth official English word, according to this MSN report, citing UK newspapers the Telegraph, the Sun and the Independent.

Global Language Monitor acknowledges new words once they have been used 25,000 times by media outlets, social networking websites and in other public sources, apparently.

That's not even funny. Full thing through there.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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