LATEST WORDS FOR 2008

The most recent version of the Oxford English Dictionary includes some new words which due to common usage have finally achieved recognition. Below are just some of the latest buzzwords to be allowed entry into the word tome in 2008.

agroterrorism
n. terrorist acts intended to disrupt or damage a country's agriculture.
– derivatives
agroterrorist n.

celebutante
n. a celebrity who is well known in fashionable society.
– origin 1930s: blend of celebrity and debutante.

hoody (also hoodie)
n.
· informal a person, especially a youth, wearing a hooded top.
– origin 1960s: of unknown origin.

Yogalates (also trademark Yogilates)
n. a fitness routine that combines Pilates exercises with the postures and breathing techniques of yoga.
– origin 1990s: blend of yoga and Pilates.

zombie
n.
3. a computer controlled by a hacker without the owner's knowledge, which is made to send large quantities of data to a website, making it inaccessible to other users.

However this year has seen a number of words and phrases enter common
Usage in the English language and we now await the approval of the Boffins
at The Oxford English Dictionary to hopefully include some of these gems in
the future.

Bloggerati – the collective term for the great and the good, those influential
people within the blogging community.
Credit Crunch – squeezing of personal finances.
Edupunk – an anarchic style of teaching.
Nom de womb – the nickname given to an unborn baby.Salad dodger – a person who is not prone to dieting.