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If you haven't heard of the expression，you must have been living underarock for the past year，because"the world is big，and I owe it a visit"was all over the Internet last year．
This expression was chosen as one of 2015's"popular cyber phrases"in China．When a year comes to an end，many institutions，including the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Center，People's Daily Online and CCTV，put together their lists of the Internet's most used words and phrases．
Most of the selected words and phrases may seem funny and playful，but they can show lifestyle changes．The term"duoshoudang"meaning shopping addicts is a good example．The past year saw record-high online shopping sales in China，the world's largest e-commerce market．In fact，according to Xinhua，e-commerce （电子商务） is"a new engine"for China's economic development．
Meanwhile，although phrases like"xiasibaobaole"meaning"you scared the pants off me"may be a fun expression，they reflect the desire for attention now that social networking sites and apps such as weibo and WeChat have become part of people's lives．"People now have a need to express emotion in bite-size，140-character bits，"wrote The New York Times．
Here，Teens has picked some phrases from last year's popular"cyber words"lists．Did youuse them often？
The world is big，and I owe it a visit．
Seeing more of the world has become a hot topic for Chinese people in recent years．But never before had someone used it as an excuse to quit a job until Gu Shaoqiang did．The 35-year-old middle school teacher in Henan province struck a chord with （产生共鸣） the nation by posting her 10-word resignation letter："The world is big，and I owe it a visit．"
The letter's simplicity，honesty and bravery are what made it one of 2015's top catchphrases （流行语），wrote Zhang Shixuan，a commentator for People's Daily．
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