Words most popular online

According to research by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), the word used throughout the web in 2013 was 404, which is the code that refers to a technical error on the Internet. The word 'fail' (fuck) came in second and was followed by words like 'Surveillance' (supervision), 'drone' (drone) and 'deficit' (deficit).

The order of words by GLM is based on how many times certain words, phrases and names are used throughout the online English-speaking countries. To access the list, a word must be used at least 25,000 times, appears in various forms of media and is not specific to a particular profession or social group.

GLM Technology, NarrativeTracker scans blogs, social media and news from newspapers and magazines electronically 275,000 worldwide. In the survey, 14 th annual, GLM has listed the error code '404 'as the most used word. This number is displayed when a user clicks a link or try to access a Web site that is not available.