Omnishambles selected as the UK Word of the Year by Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen Omnishambles as the UK Word of the Year 2012. The neologism was first time used in the BBC TVs political satire The Thick of It- to describe the badly mismanaged situation and gaffes.

The word exactly is defined as the situation that has been mismanaged comprehensively and is characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations. The word was compounded using the Latin prefix omni- that means the entire/all and a word shambles that mean a situation of complete disorder.

The word is compounded from the Latin prefix omni-, meaning "all", and the word shambles, meaning a situation of total disorder. The word refers to a situation which is seen as shambolic from all possible perspectives. This word was coined by the writer Tony Roche, and was used for the first time at the end of the first episode of the The Thick of It, BBCs political satire’s third series that was broadcasted in 2009.  

The Oxford Publication house has selected separate British and American winners for the year. The short of graphics- gif was chosen as the American Word of the year. Gif is the word that is used as the short form for graphics interchange format that is commonly used format for saving images on internet.