“Podcasting” Makes it Into the Dictionary

Rob Updegrove 8 Dec, 2005 at 9:46am ET Article published in Tech

Not only has the word “podcast” been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been declared the Word of the Year.

The term is defined as “a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio player”.

The word is derived from a combination of “broadcasting” and “iPod”.

It will be added to the online version of the dictionary during the next update early next year.

Source: BBC

Comments

8 Dec 2005 ~ 10:37am deepsea The ever progressing devolvement of the language.
8 Dec 2005 ~ 4:44pm ryko where are the short-media podcasts???
8 Dec 2005 ~ 8:20pm sectorz715

ryko wrote:

where are the short-media podcasts???

That would be awesome, lol i can imagine it right now
10 Dec 2005 ~ 12:50am Thrax I think podcast is a retarded word. So there.
11 Dec 2005 ~ 1:09am airbornflght yeh..ipods are just a fad. they're performance is lacking in more areas than one. there are so many better mp3 players. and whay do all the names have to be pod that pod this? how bout playerCast