The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup has earned it a place in Oxford Dictionary of English.
Vuvuzela is among 2,000 new words and phrases added to the third edition of the dictionary, published on Thursday, which is compiled from analysis of two billion words used in everything from novels to Internet message boards.
The credit crunch features heavily in this year's additions, with terms such as 'over-leveraged', having taken on too much debt and 'quantitative easing', the introduction of new money in to the money supply by the central bank, among those included.
'Staycation', a holiday in one's home country, and 'bargainous', costing less than usual, reflect the hot topic of belt-tightening.
The rise of social media' itself a new term, has spawned several additions, including 'defriend', removing someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site, and 'tweetup', a meeting organised via posts on Twitter.
Vuvuzela is among 2,000 new words and phrases added to the third edition of the dictionary, published on Thursday, which is compiled from analysis of two billion words used in everything from novels to Internet message boards.
The credit crunch features heavily in this year's additions, with terms such as 'over-leveraged', having taken on too much debt and 'quantitative easing', the introduction of new money in to the money supply by the central bank, among those included.
'Staycation', a holiday in one's home country, and 'bargainous', costing less than usual, reflect the hot topic of belt-tightening.
The rise of social media' itself a new term, has spawned several additions, including 'defriend', removing someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site, and 'tweetup', a meeting organised via posts on Twitter.
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