The Oxford English Dictionary has determined that "omnishambles", referring to situations shambolic in all possible respects, is word of the year. Coined by Armando Iannucci for BBC political comedy The Thick Of It, it has since been used in Britain's real-life parliament to refer to real-life omnishambles. [BBC]

  • noahmckinnon

    The end state of the zombie apocalypse

  • welcomeabored

    Peter Capaldi… so hot.

  • http://celesteagnes.blogspot.com/ Sekino

    So it basically means ‘clusterfuck’, is every bit as much fun to say AND can be uttered in front of kids?

    I’m trying so hard not to make this my new username everywhere.

  • Lobster

    It’s not a bad word.  Certainly better than “frenemy.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/postelwait Cameron Postelwait

    hard to believe our country had george w bush and we couldn’t produce this word.

  • Samuel Slaton

    And of course the Oxford American Dictionary gave it to GIF. I’d like to see that used in Congress.

  • tavie

    Yeah, Rob, you missed the real story – GIF is the US word of the year.

    The UK gets a way better word and it’s not fair and for the record, I voted for “Frankenstorm”. :P

  • http://twitter.com/KenOatman Ken Oatman ☼

    More like Romneyshambles.

  • duncancreamer

    I don’t even understand this word. What does additional information “Omnishambles” impart that “Shambles” didn’t already?

    It sounds to me like they’re just trying to create controversy to sell more of their old-fashioned-wiki-style books. 

    • acerplatanoides

      it imparts the additional aspect of omni-ness