Buzzwords of 2011

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

'Tahrir Square' grabbed eyeballs, 'I am Anna' was on everybody's lips, India celebrated arrival of 'BetiB' but '100th hundred' remained elusive. Many such words and phrases found their way in our daily conversations and here's a recap of some that were buzzing in India and world over in 2011.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Kolaveri Di: Making regional go viral and how! Why This Kolaveri Di, a song from Tamil film 3 sung by superstar Rajnikanth's son-in-law Dhanush, has become a blockbuster with over 1.5 crore YouTube clicks. The term, meaning 'murderous rage', is indeed a rage!

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Bunga Bunga: More than 30 models and showgirls who were allegedly recruited for former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's wild “bunga bunga” sex bashes revealed his dark side and ultimately resulted in his ouster, even as he constantly denied paying the women for sex, saying he simply invited them to "cheerful, elegant dinners"!

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

BetiB: The nation awaited with much anticipation the birth of Amitabh Bachchan's grandchild and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's baby. And finally, as soon as living legend Amitabh tweeted, 'I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl !!', the term BetiB went viral.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

100th hundred: Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international hundred has kept his fans in animated suspense for the last nine months after he hit his 99th century, against South Africa in Nagpur, March '11. Must we keep waiting for it?

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

i: Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs kept us buzzing in death too, with 'i' trending worldwide.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Bhaag DK Bose: The song from Delhi Belly which smartly turns a Bengali name into a Hindi expletive, became a youth anthem.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

I am Anna: The new clarion call against corruption in India. Social activist Anna Hazare's anti-graft drive brought people onto the streets across the nation flaunting Gandhi caps and mouthing 'I am Anna' slogans. Not just aam janta, celebs too went gaga over the fad.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Poschim Bongo: The new name for West Bengal, introduced by Mamata Banerjee, opened the floodgates to global ridicule and sparked outrage among Netizens due to its typically Bengali sound. All in all, the consensus is - 'Bongo is just Wrong-O'.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Tahrir Square: The focal point of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Cairo police fought protesters demanding an end to army rule, with many casualties in the worst violence since the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Operation Geronimo: The code name given to the raid orchestrated by the United States Special Forces against al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. 'Geronimo EKIA' was the terse message that US President Barack Obama was waiting to hear anxiously on May 2, 2011, meaning that bin Laden had been killed.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Govind Tiwari: Trending, tacky and tech savvy! The 'experimental' design of the Allahabad boy's site, govindtiwari.blogspot.com, with a kitschy mix of YouTube videos, friendship requests and Hindi numbers that play to a series of still photos of Tiwari himself, got 60,000 hits and made Tiwari a mini-celeb.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Occupy: Occupy Amsterdam, Occupy Denver, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Cairo, Occupy Philadelphia, Occupy Seoul, Occupy Berlin, Occupy Stockholm; you faced the 'Occupy' movement wherever you went.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2011 11:56 am IST

Houses adjourned: India's boom gave way to gloom as the winter session of Parliament saw very little being done with Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha being adjourned for most of the days due to clamour over various issues like FDI in retail, 2G case, illegal mining and Telangana.

Buzzwords of 2011

'Tahrir Square' grabbed eyeballs, 'I am Anna' was on everybody's lips, India celebrated arrival of 'BetiB' but '100th hundred' remained elusive. Many such words and phrases found their way in our daily conversations and here's a recap of some that were buzzing in India and world over in 2011.

Kolaveri Di: Making regional go viral and how! Why This Kolaveri Di, a song from Tamil film 3 sung by superstar Rajnikanth's son-in-law Dhanush, has become a blockbuster with over 1.5 crore YouTube clicks. The term, meaning 'murderous rage', is indeed a rage!

BetiB: The nation awaited with much anticipation the birth of Amitabh Bachchan's grandchild and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's baby. And finally, as soon as living legend Amitabh tweeted, 'I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl !!', the term BetiB went viral.

100th hundred: Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international hundred has kept his fans in animated suspense for the last nine months after he hit his 99th century, against South Africa in Nagpur, March '11. Must we keep waiting for it?

i: Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs kept us buzzing in death too, with 'i' trending worldwide.

Bhaag DK Bose: The song from Delhi Belly which smartly turns a Bengali name into a Hindi expletive, became a youth anthem.

I am Anna: The new clarion call against corruption in India. Social activist Anna Hazare's anti-graft drive brought people onto the streets across the nation flaunting Gandhi caps and mouthing 'I am Anna' slogans. Not just aam janta, celebs too went gaga over the fad.

Poschim Bongo: The new name for West Bengal, introduced by Mamata Banerjee, opened the floodgates to global ridicule and sparked outrage among Netizens due to its typically Bengali sound. All in all, the consensus is - 'Bongo is just Wrong-O'.

Tahrir Square: The focal point of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Cairo police fought protesters demanding an end to army rule, with many casualties in the worst violence since the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak.

Occupy: Occupy Amsterdam, Occupy Denver, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Toronto, Occupy Cairo, Occupy Philadelphia, Occupy Seoul, Occupy Berlin, Occupy Stockholm; you faced the 'Occupy' movement wherever you went.

Houses adjourned: India's boom gave way to gloom as the winter session of Parliament saw very little being done with Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha being adjourned for most of the days due to clamour over various issues like FDI in retail, 2G case, illegal mining and Telangana.

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