
Los Angeles: Britain's Kate Middleton and her sister Pippa have bumped Lady Gaga off the international fashion map. The wife of Prince William, now formally known as the Duchess of Cambridge, topped a fashion buzzword list for a second year running while outrageous pop star Lady Gaga disappeared from sight. The Global Language Monitor (GLM), which tracks print, electronic and social media for top words and phrases, said on Wednesday...

07:35 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Los Angeles: 'Royal wedding' and 'winning' (as in Charlie Sheen's catch-phrase) were the two most used phrases on television in 2011, according to a survey released on Tuesday. The rantings of the former 'Two and A Half Men' actor beat 'Arab Spring' and Simon Cowell's 'The X Factor' singing show when it came to dominating TV screens in the official 2010-11 US TV season, the Global Language Monitor said. "This...

03:13 PM, Sep 21, 2011
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06:05 PM, Jun 10, 2009

'Cuddies' in the race and 'OK' there too. Decision on June 10. ...

02:22 PM, Jun 06, 2009

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Macaca, used by Sen Allen to describe a Democrat of Indian descent, was voted politically incorrect word of 2007. ...

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