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LONDON (AP) Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles."

Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations" its top term of 2012.

Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year. The publisher typically chooses separate British and American winners. This year's American champion is "gif," short for graphics interchange format, a common format for images on the Internet.

The editors said gif was being recognized for making the crucial transition from noun to verb, "to gif": to create a gif file of an image or video sequence, especially relating to an event. And, inevitably, to share it online. Cute kittens, Olympic champions, President Obama they've all been giffed.

Coined by writers of the satirical television show "The Thick of It," omnishambles has been applied to everything from government PR blunders to the crisis-ridden preparations for the London Olympics.

Oxford University Press lexicographer Susie Dent said the word was chosen for its popularity as well as its "linguistic productivity."

She said "a notable coinage coming from the word is Romneyshambles" a derisive term used by the British press after U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed doubts about London's ability to host a successful Olympics.

Omnishambles was chosen over shortlisted terms including "mummy porn" the genre exemplified by the best-selling "50 Shades" book series and "green-on-blue," military attacks by forces regarded as neutral, as when members of the Afghan army or police attack foreign troops. (For American English speakers, it's "mommy porn.")

The Olympics offered up finalists including the verb "to medal," ''Games Maker" the name given to thousands of Olympic volunteers and distance runner Mo Farah's victory dance, "the Mobot."

Europe's financial crisis lent the shortlisted word "Eurogeddon," while technology produced "second screening" watching TV while simultaneously using a computer, phone or tablet and social media popularized the acronym "YOLO," you only live once.

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Oxford chooses 'omnishambles' as word of the year

LONDON Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles."

Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word, defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations" as its top term of 2012.

Each year, Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year. The publisher typically chooses separate British and American winners. This year's American champion is "gif," short for graphics interchange format, a common format for images on the Internet.

Coined by writers of the satirical television show "The Thick of It," omnishambles has been applied to everything from government PR blunders to the crisis-ridden preparations for the London Olympics.

Oxford University Press lexicographer Susie Dent said the word was chosen for its popularity as well as its "linguistic productivity."

She said, "A notable coinage coming from the word is 'Romneyshambles,"' a derisive term used by the British press after U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed doubts about London's ability to host a successful Olympics.

Omnishambles was chosen over shortlisted terms including "mummy porn" -- the genre exemplified by the best-selling "50 Shades" book series -- and "green-on-blue" military attacks by forces regarded as neutral, as when members of the Afghan army or police attack foreign troops. (For American English speakers, it's "mommy porn.")

The Olympics offered up finalists including the verb "to medal," "Games Maker" -- the name given to thousands of Olympic volunteers -- and distance runner Mo Farah's victory dance, "the Mobot."

Europe's financial crisis lent the shortlisted word "Eurogeddon," while technology produced "second screening" -- watching TV while simultaneously using a computer, phone or tablet -- and social media popularized the acronym "YOLO," for you-only-live-once.

The final shortlisted term is an old word given new life. "Pleb," a derogatory epithet for lower-class people, was alleged to have been uttered to a police officer by British Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell. He denied using the term, but resigned.

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Word of the year? "Omnishambles"!

Countdown's Susie Dent said omnishambles was chosen as the Word of the Year because of its popularity and productivity (Channel 4)

Oxford University Press has named 'omnishambles' as its Word of the Year, defining it as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterised by a string of blunders and miscalculations".

This word seems particularly fitting at the moment, with the BBC apparently in crisis over the mismanagement of Newsnight and its child abuse reporting or lack of it.

Every year, the OUP picks a word that reflects the mood of the last 12 months. The publishing company picks one British word and one US word.

The US Word of the Year is gif, which is short for graphics interchange format - a format for images on the internet.

Omnishambles was coined by the writers of the satirical TV show The Thick of It. It has been applied widely to blunders; from government PR mistakes to the London Olympic preparations.

The Guardian newspaper is particularly fond of the word, with two recent headlines reading: 'Tim Davie debut ensures BBComnishamblescontinues' and 'Another omnishambles - and this time it threatens me and my autistic son'.

Susie Dent, OUP lexicographer and Countdown regular, said omnishambles was picked because of its popularity and "linguistic productivity".

She said: "A notable coinage coming from thewordis Romneyshambles." Romneyshambles was coined by the British press after US presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he doubted London would be able to host a successful Olympic Games.

Other words shortlisted for the award were 'mummy porn', a term widely used following the publication of E L James' erotic novel 50 Shades of Grey, and 'green-on-blue', meaning attacks on military personnel by forces thought to be friendly.

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