In yet another sign that gaming is going mainstream, “noob” has the the honor of becoming the 1,000,000th word in the English language.

While this story is a bit lollerskates, it could have dire consequences for the gaming community. If people everywhere begin calling each other noobs, will the word lose its humiliating punch? How will we put little nooblets in their place without the diction of shame?

Only time will tell. For now, we gamers have the distinction of having created the millionth word in the English language. Woot.

Jerod Jarvis is an independent gaming journalist and founder of Duality Games. He maintains gaming columns for The Washington Times Communities and for The Outpost. When not blogging madly about games, he freelances for the Spokesman-Review in his hometown of Spokane, Washington and attends school at Whitworth University. Check out his presence on Facebook and Twitter to stay up on Duality Games updates and the inside scoop on the gaming news you care about.