"Wiki" Wins a place in Oxford English Dictionary

If you think "wiki" doesn't sound like English, you are right. But it's English now. This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary along with 287 other new words.

Wiki has become an official word in Oxford English Dictionary and it has definitely earned it. Many are using it like a common place word like Google. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) chief editor John Simpson said:

"Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the documentary evidence that we have collected about them. A while ago this evidence suggested that wiki was starting to make a name for itself,". OED said they tracked this word for several years, researched its origins and decided finally today to include it in the dictionary. The Original word Wiki was coined by Ward Cunningham when he heard this word in Hawaii, Wiki Wiki means quick it their language. In Oxford Dictionary however it has a different meaning, Wiki refers to a type of Web Page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it. Graeme Diamond of OED said that the word acquired a new meaning is attributed to the fact that commenting and editing on Internet web sites has become faster. The most obvious example for is the popular web encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Diamond said this new Internet concept of "Wiki" fits well with their 120 year old dictionary's own methods of working. "Its long tradition of working on collaborative principles means it has welcomed the contribution of information and quotation evidence form the public over 150 years," he said. It is great news, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, will be immensely happy, I think without his efforts Wiki would have taken a long time to become included in Oxford English Dictionary.