Oxford - Word Of The Year

[Maximus]

[b]London: [/b]Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles."

Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word [size=5][b][color=#FF0000]"omnishambles" - defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations" - its top term of 2012.[/color][/b][/size]

Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year. The publisher typically chooses separate British and American winners. [size=5][color=#FF0000]This year's American champion is "gif," short for graphics interchange format, a common format for images on the Internet.[/color][/size]

The editors said gif was being recognized for making the crucial transition from noun to verb, "to gif": to create a gif file of an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event. And, inevitably, to share it online. Cute kittens, Olympic champions, President Obama - they've all been giffed.


Oxford University Press lexicographer Susie Dent said the word was chosen for its popularity as well as its [b]"linguistic productivity."[/b]



[b]Omnishambles[/b] was chosen over shortlisted terms including[b] "mummy porn"[/b] - the genre exemplified by the best-selling "50 Shades" book series - and "green-on-blue," military attacks by forces regarded as neutral, as when members of the Afghan army or police attack foreign troops. ([b]For American English speakers, it's "mommy porn.")[/b]

[b]The Olympics offered up finalists including the verb "to medal," ''Games Maker" - the name given to thousands of Olympic volunteers - and distance runner Mo Farah's victory dance, "the Mobot."[/b]

Europe's financial crisis lent the shortlisted word [b]"Eurogeddon,"[/b] while technology produced "[b]second screening[/b]" - watching TV while simultaneously using a computer, phone or tablet - and social media popularized the acronym "[b]YOLO,"[/b] you only live once.

The final shortlisted term in Britain is an old word given new life. [b]"Pleb,"[/b] a derogatory epithet for lower-class people, was alleged to have been uttered to a police officer by British Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell. He denied using the term, but resigned.

Other words on the U.S. shortlist included [b]Higgs boson[/b] (as in particle), [b]superstorm[/b] (as in Sandy) and [b]"nomophobia,[/b]" the anxiety caused by being without one's mobile phone.

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[_poori]

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[bhargava_v]

Sai has [b][color=#FF0000]omnishambled AFDB[/color][/b]

[b][color=#FF0000]ee pada prayogam bagunda[/color][/b]

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