Originally used in the British political comedy television series The Thick of It, omnishambles has gained momentum throughout 2012 as a word used to describe a comprehensively mismanaged situation, characterized by a shambolic string of blunders.
Check out the OUP blog to learn more about omnishambles and the runner-ups.
Oxford Dictionaries USA also announced today that the Word of the Year in the United States is GIF.
GIF verb to create a GIF file of (an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event): he GIFed the highlights of the debate
Check out the Oxford Dictionaries USA blog for more information about the origin, pronunciation, and spelling of GIF.
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