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"Jai Ho!" named among top HollyWords

Published Friday, Feb 27 2009, 04:58 GMT | By Sarah Rollo
"Jai Ho!" named among top HollyWords
A language monitoring group has revealed that the terms "Slumdog" and "Jai Ho!" are among the most influential of the 2008 Hollywood awards season.

The Global Language Monitor uses an algorithm to track the frequency of words in both print and electronic media and said that it was rare for two phrases from the same film to make the HollyWords of the year list, reports Reuters.

"Jai Ho!", Hindi for "Let There Be Victory", is the title of the Oscar-winning best song from Slumdog Millionaire, while "Slumdog" is the term used in the movie to describe people who live in the Mumbai slums.

Third place in the list went to the term "Nuke the Fridge" from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, while "Hmong" from Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino was fourth.

Also in the top ten was the line "What doesn't kill you makes you... stranger" from The Dark Knight, as well as Kung Fu Panda statement "There are no coincidences".
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