爱思英语编者按：据英国每日电讯报道，世界杯、全球变暖和信贷危机催生了一批新的英语词汇。在今年夏天的南非世界杯上一鸣惊人的喇叭“呜呜祖拉”近日也被《牛津英语词典》收录，该词典主要根据语言在现实生活中的使用情况而编撰。
The World Cup, global warming and the credit crunch have all inspired the latest additions to the English language.
The vuvuzela, the horn instrument which provided the soundtrack to this summer"s football extravaganza in South Africa, is one new entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English, which is based on how language is really used.
The battle to deal with climate change has given us carbon capture and storage - the process of trapping and storing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels - and geo-engineering - manipulation of environmental processes in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.
The credit crunch has introduced toxic debt to the language - debt with a high risk of default - and quantitative easing - the pumping of new money into the national supply by a central bank.
Cyberspace produces a constant supply of words and phrases. The dictionary now offers social media - websites and applications used for social networking - and microblogging, or posting short entries on a blog.
In all there are more than 2,000 new items in the third edition of the dictionary, which was originally published in 1998.
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* wardrobe malfunction: when someone exposes an intimate part of their body after clothing slips;
* chill pill: a notional pill to make someone calm;
* bromance: a close but non-sexual relationship between two men;
* LBD (little black dress): This refers to the simple evening or cocktail dress that, it is claimed, should be part of every womans wardrobe; and
* frenemy: a person that one is friendly with despite a fundamental dislike.
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