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New York, Feb 28 (PTI) 'Jai ho' and 'Slumdog' have not only ruled the Oscars but have also the emerged as the top 'HollyWords' that influenced the English language most in 2008. 'Jai ho' Oscar winning original score composed by A R Rahman from Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' and word 'Slumdog', from the same film, that was used to describe young slum-dwellers in Mumbai were named the top two Hollywood words of 2008 by the Global Language Monitor (GLM) in its 6th Annual Survey. According to GLM, this is the first time that two words from the same movie were ranked in top ten.
Rounding out the Top Ten are -- 'Djembe' (The Visitor), 'There are no accidents' (Kung Fu Panda), 'What doesn't kill you makes you stranger (The Dark Knight), Posthumous (The Wrestler), and 'Katrina' from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". "2008 was a remarkable year for words in films, with a Hindi phrase, the name of a Laotian tribe, a West African drum, and a modified quotation from Frederick Nietzsche all making the list," Paul JJ Payack, GLM's chief word analyst said.
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