The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, the world's most popular dictionary, announced today in Oxford 3,500 additions to the just- published 2003 edition, updated to record new words or new applications of them that have entered the language since its last revision, in 1993.

And among the new words: supermodel !

So this humble weblog just entered history. Other relevant words to make it: fashionista, pashmina, wannabe, body-piercing, Botox, Prozac.

Angus Stevenson, 42, the new edition's co-author, explains a word has to be used five times, in five different places, over five years" to enter. No problem with "supermodel", as you can imagine. Read more about the new edition