新奇事件簿 2012年热词"Omnishambles"
The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen the neologism (new word) "omnishambles" as its Word Of The Year for 2012. The OED's blog defines this recent addition to the English vocabulary as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations". It is a noun and is used informally. The word is a combination of the prefix "omni," which means "in all ways" or "of all things," and "shambles," which means "a state of total disorder from every possible angle". The word was first coined in 2009 in a BBC political comedy but rose to prominence earlier this year after it was used to attack the British government by at least eight politicians in the British Parliament.
牛津英语词典将“Omnishambles”评选为2012年度热词。在牛津词典博客中，它将刚刚收入词典中的“Omnishambles”定义为“由一系列错误和错估造成的一种全面的管理不善的局面”。“Omnishambles”是名词，并用在非正式语境中。它结合了前缀“omni”，意思是“全部的”，又结合了“shambles”意思是某件事一团糟。2009年，该次首次出现在了BBC政治讽刺片中，之后在英国国会上，有至少8名政界人士使用“Omnishambles”来攻击英国政府，今年该词榜上有名。
Other words in Oxford's top ten include "Eurogeddon" , the threatened financial collapse in Europe and "second screening" , to watch television and a device such as an iPad simultaneously. The texting acronym "YOLO" you only live once also made it onto the list. Oxford said there was no guarantee omnishambles would be added to its dictionary. It said the word first had to "stand the test of time". Oxford selects its Word Of The Year "to reflect the ethos of the year and its lasting potential as a word of cultural significance". Past winners include "podcast," "carbon footprint" and "credit crunch". This year's American winner is "gif" the format extension of many images on the Internet.
排名在牛津前十的新词还包括“Eurogeddon”，意指欧洲的金融危机，还有“second screening”，意思是电视和电子产品同时看，例如Ipad。短信缩写“YOLO”，“你只活一次”也在名单之中。牛津词典称，我们不能保证“omnishambles”能够收入到词典中。它需要经得起时间的考验。“Omnishambles”反映了当今的思潮，表现了语言对于文化的深远意义，这是牛津选择它为年度热词的原因。过去几届年度热词包括“播客”，“碳足迹”以及“信贷危机”。今年的美国热词为“gif”，意思是图形交换格式。
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