Omnishambles is the word ! The catchy word was announced Britain’s word of the year after being coined by BBC TV’s satirical political series ‘ The Thick of It ‘ to describe a worst mismanaged situation.
London / NationalTurk – The Thick of It, the success British comedy series for BBC that satirises the inner workings of modern British government has made the word ‘ Omnishables ‘ the word of 2012 in UK !
The word is not ‘bird’ it is ‘ Omnishables ‘
The word has become a synonym for British government shortcomings, and it was tweaked to ‘ Romneyshambles’ by Twitter abuse to describe the loser of US presidential elections, Mitt Romney’s gaffe-strewn visit to Britain before the London Olympics this summer.
Meaning of Omnishables
Omnishables has been named the word of 2012 by the publishers of the renown Oxford dictionaries, which defined it as “a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.”
However Oxford University Press (OUP) stated the decision does not mean the word will automatically take its place in all new Oxford dictionaries, explaining that it would have to “stand the test of time” before it was included.
Omnishables beat off competition from a shortlist including “Mobot”, a word describing the celebratory gesture performed by the British long-distance runner Mo Farah on winning two Olympic gold medals at London Olympics 2012.
Another contender for the the unofficial yet fun ‘ Britain’s word of the year ‘ prize was ‘ mummy porn ‘, the term for the publishing phenomenon sparked by the sado-masochistic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
OUP spokeswoman Susie Dent on the issue : “The Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of the Year is a word, or expression, that we feel has attracted and still is a great deal of interest during 2012.
“In the case of omnishambles, we also recognised its linguistic productivity: a notable coinage coming from the word is ‘Romneyshambles’, coined in the UK to describe US presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s views on London’s ability to host a successful Olympic Games.”
Former champions from UK Word of the year competition
Winners of OUP’s UK Word of the Year award over recent years have included “chav”, “bovvered”, “credit crunch” and “big society”.
The OUP’s American word of the year is “GIF,” short for graphics interchange format, a compressed file format for images on the Internet.
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