国际潮流和重大事态直接影响语言的发展，比如在国内度假 (staycation) 和呜呜祖拉 vuvuzela 就是其中的两个例子。最新版的牛津英语字典中就增加了2000个时髦词语。

The new words which have been added to the Oxford Dictionary of English all reflect global trends and events.

From the World Cup, in South Africa, who could forget the piercing monotone of the "vuvuzela".

Due to the credit crunch, people are forced to take holidays at home, so instead of a vacation in which you vacate the country, you stay, hence "staycation".

A close but non-sexual relationship between two men is a "bromance" - a portmanteau word, from "brother" and "romance". An example of this sort of relationship could be that between the leaders of Britain's coalition government, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Oh, they could also be "frenemies" - friends who are also rivals.

Sara Hawker is one of the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of English. She says a lot of work goes into deciding which words should be added.

"The words we include in our dictionary are all based on evidence.We have enormous databases of current English which we analyse and we only put words into the dictionary if we've got significant evidence that they are being used by different people in different contexts, so we never put anything in unless there is a lot of evidence of it being used."

Other words which are now also included are "chillax", an amalgamation of chill and relax, so calm down. And "buzzkill", something or someone with a dispiriting effect. Basically, they or it, kill your buzz.

But of course Twitter and Facebook have brought about "social media", and with it "tweet up", a meeting organised via Twitter. If the coalition between David Cameron and Nick Clegg broke down, they might go into their Facebook accounts and "defriend" each other.

Glossary 词汇表

piercing monotone　刺耳的单音

credit crunch信贷危机

crunch  [krʌntʃ]n.嘎吱嘎吱的声音 vi.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼(响)

vacate  [vəˈkeit, ˈveikeit]v.空出

bromance兄弟情

a portmanteau word合成词

portmanteau  [pɔ:t'mæntəu]  n. 旅行皮包adj. 多用途的, 多性质的

coalition  [ˌkəuəˈliʃən]n.结合体，同盟；结合，联合

chillax  vi. 冷静,放轻松

amalgamation合并

amalgamation  [ə.mælgə'meiʃən]  n. 汞齐化, 融合, 合并

frenemies友敌

significant evidence重大证据

chillax放松冷静

buzzkill扫兴的, 泼冷水的

dispiriting 感到扫兴的

dispirit  [di'spirit] vt. 使沮丧, 使气馁

tweet  [twi:t] vi. 鸣叫n. 小鸟叫声, 自录音再现装置发出之高音

defriend从好友名单上除名

glossary  [ˈglɔsəri] n.字汇表，难词表

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