Web FeedsNew Dictionary Is Magic
"Bada bing" - the catchphrase made famous by hit television show The Sopranos - has earned a place in the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English.
"Reality TV", "Sars" and "Muggle" - a non-magical person in the Harry Potter books - are also among the 3,000 new entries.
The Oxford dictionary describes "bada bing" (also "bada bing bada boom") as an exclamation to emphasise that something will happen effortlessly and predictably
The word is also the name of a strip club in the mob drama.
Not to be outdone, British television produced "lovely jubbly" - an expression of delight - from the wisecracking comedy Only Fools and Horses.
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From pop culture comes "Boy" and "Girl bands", "bootylicious" and "turntablist", a DJ who is good at spinning records.
Another trove of new words is the Internet, which added "cyberslacker", "egosurf" and "hacktivist" to the dictionary.
The dictionary's publishers say words are only included if they are well-known and have proven they can pass the test of time.
They say comics, newspapers, TV scripts, novels, scholarly journals and the Web are all scoured in the never-ending search for new words.
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