Vuvuzela enters Oxford English Dictionary Vuvuzela enters Oxford English Dictionary

Mirror UK ^ | 19/08/2010 | Andrew Gregory

[a fool in paradise]

It blasted its way into our eardrums throughout the World Cup - and now the vuvuzela is set to make a big noise in the dictionary.

The long South African horn was used incessantly through every match in the tournament.

And the vuvuzela is one of more than 2,000 new words and phrases included in the Oxford Dictionary of English for the first time.

Other newcomers include tweetup (a meeting arranged through Twitter), cheeseball (lacking taste or style) and a turducken (a roast dish consisting of a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey).

Paywall (which restricts website access to subscribers only), microblogging (posting short entries on a blog), netbook, viral and defriend have all arrived in our language thanks to the internet.

The financial world has also provided a host of words and phrases, including toxic debt and staycation (a holiday spent in your home country).

And politics has also contributed - with exit strategy, overthinking, catastrophizing (presenting a situation as considerably worse than it is) and soft skills (personal attributes that let you interact harmoniously with others).

[BitWielder1]

How do they define that?
Vuvuzela - obnoxious plastic trumpet.

[a fool in paradise]

More S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E words.

[Cowboy Bob]

Since they added the word "Vuvuzela," did they delete the word(s) "Plastic Horn?" These were the words used to describe this thing since is was invented about 40 years ago!

[dfwgator]

Vuvuzela Hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P40TP1ughek

[wideawake]

This is silly.

"Tweetup"? Twitter went live to the public barely four years ago.

Perhaps ten years from now, people will still be as enamored of Twitter as the are today. Or maybe it will have all but disappeared like Friendster or be fading away like MySpace.

Seems a bit premature.

[ex-snook]

I’m waiting to see what happens when someone blows one at a Giant - Eagle game.

[don-o]

Bromance

[Know et al]

I thought Hugo Chavez was the dictator of Vuvuzela. LOL

[JoeProBono]

[KarlInOhio]

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Vuvuzela

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrv6_CUyF0

[Slings and Arrows]

And the world moves just a little bit closer to Armageddon...

[cynwoody]

Why do I need the OED when Google is free?

[a fool in paradise]

[Slings and Arrows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4FHolkO94

[Moltke]

And the vuvuzela is one of more than 2,000 new words and phrases included in the Oxford Dictionary of English for the first time.

Duh!