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'Slumdog', 'Jai Ho!' named top Hollywood words

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Reuters Posted: Feb 27, 2009 at 1133 hrs IST
Slumdog millionaire'Slumdog Millionaire', which took Oscars by storm, also produced two of the most influential words of 2008 Hollywood awards season.
'Slumdog Millionaire', the rags-to-riches movie that took the Oscars by storm, also produced two of the most influential words of the 2008 Hollywood awards season, a language monitoring group said on Thursday.

'Jai Ho!', Hindi for Let There be Victory and the title of the movie's Oscar-winning best song, and 'Slumdog' - the controversial term coined by the filmmakers for young slum-dwellers in Mumbai - were named the top 'HollyWords' of the year that closed with last Sunday's Oscars.

The Global Language Monitor, which uses an algorithm to track the frequency of words and phrases in the world's print and electronic media, said it was rare for two words from the same movie to be ranked in its annual list.

'Slumdog Millionaire' crowned its awards sweep by winning eight Oscars, also including best picture and director.

Last summer's 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' inspired the new expression 'Nuke the Fridge' - a phrase coined on the Internet to describe a moment when a cinematic franchise has run its course.

The phrase came in third on the list, followed by 'Hmong' - a mountain dwelling people in Laos - from the Clint Eastwood movie 'Gran Torino'.

'What doesn't kill you makes you....stranger', the Joker's twist on German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's epigram that was spoken by Heath Ledger in Batman blockbuster 'The Dark Knight' was also among the Top Ten along with the line 'There are no coincidences' from the animated movie 'Kung Fu Panda.'

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perfect actor by fl mae on 2009-05-18 10:11:35.851692+05:30 he is the best actor ..he is so really nice....

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SLUMDOG BRINGS POVERTY by safia on 2009-02-28 19:09:14.947545+05:30 Slumdog provides proof to the world India is a poor country. Now people never think that India a developing nation. Slumdog makes Indians are as DOGS. We have not realized this, because we won OSCAR.

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Slum dog by Santosh on 2009-02-28 17:22:48.302613+05:30 I think next on next oscar Let some one make a film with a name Brithian dogs or American dog and see how do they feel with such notations.

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Ridiculing Indians by sam on 2009-02-28 04:36:15.181674+05:30 Do you think that if an Indian had made the movie it would get so much accolades. It is a British movies and shows Indians in very bad light.

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1 I agree to Santosh and Sam
by Vicky on 2009-02-28 18:03:01.941083+05:30I agree! But it sells! The truth about Mumbai always sells. Checkout movies like traffic-signal, or Satya and many more that displays the real Mumbai they all performed well on box-office!

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slumdog by dc on 2009-02-27 11:27:10.329238+05:30 yeee..let's celebrate

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slumdoged by the US by shyam kishore on 2009-02-27 10:01:48.944373+05:30 Have you seen the movie ? heard the music ? ..its just below normal .I dont think its elegible even for Stardust awad ? .this time oscar is washington's political statement to the muslim world and showing India in poorlight

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1 FANTASTIC FILM!
by A.Kader on 2009-02-27 20:14:47.230451+05:30Have decided all these by yourself?The film is fantastic,the music too.I am very happy like millions of other Indians that the Indian artists are finally world famous.The film depicts the truth about India, the poverty, the slums, all caused by the exploiting rich class.If you wish India to prosper, do something yourself to uplift the poor.

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slumdogmillionare by anish on 2009-02-27 08:53:21.102708+05:30 see i live in USA..today someone called meslumdoghe is my colleague.. who is responsiblefor this.he was a west texan who know nothing about india

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1 It is not Rehman's fault
by Jas on 2009-02-27 11:34:47.259796+05:30Are you trying to blame Rehman for the ignorance of a stupid American? If some ignorant bigot want to insult you he will find the word or reason to do it, no matter what.

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2 Why bother
by chanakya on 2009-02-27 10:11:56.943225+05:30Don't we equate all people of the nations with terrorists and say they are responsible for misery and also all americans are blamed for the instability around the world. It is the tax you need to pay for enjoying the good if it comes for being the member of the tribe.

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