Podcasting Officially a Word

goldseries writes "The BBC is reporting that the New Oxford American Dictionary is adding podcasting to the dictionary. A year ago it was rejected because not enough people were reading it, but, in a ode to the speed of technology's growth, it is being declared the word of the year. Podcasting has been in the Oxford Dictionary of English since last summer. Podcast beat out words such as lifehack and rootkit for inclusion in the dictionaries. I guess no one needs to know what a rootkit is."

Comments

What!?

[BlacKat]

I can't believe podcasting got into the dictionary before rootkit did!

Hmm, is this also a first post... if so, it's my first one ever! :D

Re:What!?

[geoffspear]

6 billion people this year will be affected by flurgamistophon, and none of them know what it means.

Re:Food for thought...

[Ziviyr]

I'm sure the durable plastic casing will make good fishing bait for years to come.

Including rootkit would be more consistent

[dascandy]

> ... but we found that not enough people were using it, or were even familiar with the concept ...

Thanks to Sony and the like, there are more than enough people running a rootkit, so include the word already...

New Oxford Japanese Dictionary

[Alain Williams]

I guess no one needs to know what a rootkit is.

Needed in the Japanese version for the Sony employees (music/CD division).

Other Technical Words..

[Digital Warfare]

I always wondered why other technical words such as "bollocks" never made it in..

Rootkit is in the New Oxford American Dictionary..

[Afecks]

..you just can't see it ;)

Re:Why does podcasting need its own word?

[toleraen]

Yes, indeed, why create more words? There are already too many words out there! Less words would be doubleplusgood!

Re:Product word?

[giel]

podcasting

Ehr... To me it sounds dirty. Like something one would do on a toilet...

podcast or blogcast?

[hutteman]

I guess Microsoft employees can now stop calling them blogcasts

Different Strokes

[scottennis]

I always thought "podcasting" sounded like a euphemism for masturbation.

News (at least for me)

[trollable]

In the USA, words are created by companies.

Re:Why does podcasting need its own word?

[AndersOSU]

Mod parent up that is a interesting link...

I was dismayed to learn that Shakespeare coined the odious terms marketable and gossip, but all is well because he also apparently gave us addiction, aroused, zany and puking - four words I couldn't have made it through college without.

Depends which country

[nighty5]

Not so the US, but the word 'root' in Australia is slang to have sex.

Rootkit - sounds like some sort of fuckfest preparation guide!

Re:Food for thought...

[erroneous]

"maybe"