Oxford Dictionary Picks Word of the Year; It's 'Podcast'

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Listen Up! Oxford Dictionary Picks Its 'Word of the Year,' and It's 'Podcast'
By E&P Staff
Published: December 08, 2005

All sorts of media operations have been studying its uses, and now the term "podcast" has been declared Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, and will be added to the online version of the dictionary during the next update early next year.

The word, of course, is derived from a combination of "broadcasting" and the Apple listening device "iPod."

Some have said they resent the Apple branding and proposed "audioblogging" or "blogcast" or some such as an alternative, to no avail.

Oxford apparently will define the word as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio player."

The term was coined, according to the BBC, by journalist Ben Hammersley.

Podcast was considered for the honor last year, but didn't gain wide use until this year.

Also considered this year: bird flu, trans fat, sudoku (the puzzle), lifehack, rootkit.