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Podcasting Officially a Word

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-consider-myself-a-wordsmith dept.

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."

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  1. Including rootkit would be more consistent by dascandy · · Score: 5, Funny

    > ... 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...

  2. Other Technical Words.. by Digital+Warfare · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    "Sweet llamas of the Bahamas !"
  3. Rootkit is in the New Oxford American Dictionary.. by Afecks · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..you just can't see it ;)

  4. Re:Why does podcasting need its own word? by toleraen · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  5. podcast or blogcast? by hutteman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess Microsoft employees can now stop calling them blogcasts

  6. Different Strokes by scottennis · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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    Read any good sonnets lately?
  7. Depends which country by nighty5 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    Rootkit - sounds like some sort of fuckfest preparation guide!