The terms credit crunch, carbon footprint and wardrobe malfunction have become such staples that they have won entry into the new version of The Chambers Dictionary, the publisher announced Thursday.
The new words reflect "today's preoccupations" with the environment, the faltering economy and _ of course _ celebrity gossip, the dictionary's Edinburgh, Scotland-based publisher said.
Chambers is the second British dictionary to announce inclusion in its pages of credit crunch _ "a sudden and drastic reduction in the availability of credit" _ indicating how deeply Britons are feeling the effects of the economic turmoil on their …
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