2012 Word of the Year: OMNISHAMBLES

Oxford University Press defined the word as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations".
Each year Oxford University Press follows how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year.
Omnishambles was coined by the writers of satirical television programme The Thick of It.
The Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of the Year is a word, or expression, that we feel has attracted a great deal of interest during the year to date.

Also recognition for other spin-off terms like Romneyshambles, Olympishambles, Scomnishambles, omnivoreshambles and Toryshambles is on the rise.

Oxford Dictionaries chose 'squeezed middle' last year, a reference to people between the super-rich and super-poor who are supposed to be particularly vulnerable to financial shifts

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