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Wiki and virtualise in OED

Words deemed OK by Oxford
Fri Mar 16 2007, 09:28
THE OXFORD ENGLISH Dictionary has granted ‘wiki' access to its hallowed ranks of words deemed acceptable.

‘Wiki wiki' is actually a Hawaiian phrase that means ‘quick' but ‘wiki' earned global renown in a secondary meaning as a communally editable web page.

'Virtualize' is also there although the OED seems to think its recent upturn in usage comes from virtual reality rather than the techie business of making a computer act as many computers.

Members of think-tank Demos - and how much freedom to nip down the pub for a few hours brainstorming does that job suggest? - have thrown in the opinion that what is really needed is a web page that reflects the fast-moving change of today's language. Yes, that's really necessary.

Here are some other submissions that didn't make it: Rogister, Vole, bogging, open sauce… µ

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