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Oxford American Dictionary adds 'podcast'

CHICAGO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The editors of the Chicago-based New Oxford American Dictionary have chosen "podcast" as their Word of the Year for 2005.

The next edition of the New Oxford American Dictionary will include podcast and its definition -- "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player" -- the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.

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The Toronto Star notes that last year, a Google search for the word podcast turned up zero results. Now, podcast comes up with 77 million Internet references.

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