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November 15, 2012 12:11 pm PST
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Omnishambles is word of the year
The Oxford English Dictionary has determined that "omnishambles", referring to situations shambolic in all possible respects, is word of the year. Coined by Armando Iannucci for BBC political comedy The Thick Of It, it has since been used in Britain's real-life parliament to refer to real-life omnishambles. [BBC]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/sZdd_-nq8ZU/omnishambles-is-word-of-the-ye.html
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