Another notable entry is "cyberbullying" which has been used in the mainstream media for years now.
Each new word is selected after its ubiquity is proven via a database of over 2 billion words drawn from contemporary websites and texts.
Says the dictionary's editor Angus Stevenson:
It's how the dictionary has always worked - we get as much evidence as we can so we know it's not just a small number of people using the word and it's not going to disappear.
There's no official panel of cabinet ministers for new words or anything like that.
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 20 Aug 2011 20:17
