Oxford Dictionary Names "Podcast" 2005 Word of the Year

New York - The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have selected
"podcast" as the Word of the Year for 2005. 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 will be added to the next
online update to the dictionary in early 2006. Runners-up included "bird flu,"
"IED," "persistent vegetative state," "reggaeton" and "rootkit." "Podcast was
considered for inclusion last year, but we found that not enough people were
using it, or were even familiar with the concept," said Erin McKean, the
dictionary's editor-in-chief. "This year it's a completely different story. The word
has finally caught up with the rest of the iPod phenomenon."
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