two bizarre expressions from the internet age - 'tweep' and 'woot' - were yesterday shortlisted as oxford dictionaries' word of the year。

　　昨日的一则新闻定会让广大的“微博(//t.sina.com.cn)迷”们狂喜不已，新兴网络微博用语“tweep”与“woot”成为牛津字典的“年度热词备选名单”中的一员。

　　these two bizarre expressions from the internet age were ­yesterday shortlisted as oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. for those not in the know, a ‘tweep’ is someone who either uses or follows someone else on the social networking site twitter. and ‘woot’ is an expression of elation used on internet message boards and forums。

　　这两个完全来自于网络的新兴词汇得意于如今新兴的社交工具---微博。“tweep”是sheep(羊)和twitter(微博)的结合，就是指一天到晚“活”在微博上的自说自话或跟风别人的人，用英文sheep(羊)作为改词的后缀，意在形容这些微博的狂热爱好者如同羊一样勤勤恳恳，此外，人们还给“tweep”起了一个中文名----“微生物” 也就是形容爱好微博的网民。“woot”是网民在微博、论坛上表达自己“狂喜”心情的意思。

　　yesterday’s winner was somewhat better known, however, with david cameron’s ‘big society’ phrase emerging triumphant. the term, which attracted criticism during the election for being ambiguous, is defined as: ‘a political concept whereby a significant amount of responsibility for the running of a society’s services is devolved to local communities and volunteers.’

　　据悉，上一届牛津词典“年度热词”被英国现任首相--卡梅伦夺得，他在竞选纲领中，直接提出了要建造“大社会”(big society)的概念，邀请全体公民“参与英国政府”。“大社会”也成功成为热词，而该词因“野心味太重”引起了反对者的批评。

　　susie dent, of oxford dictionaries, said: ‘big society was for us a clear winner because it embraces so much of the year’s political and economic mood. taken to mean many things, it has begun to take on a life of its own – a sure sign of linguistic success.’

　　来自牛津字典的工作人员susie dent说：“卡梅伦的‘大社会’一次词因囊括了世界的政治与经济因素，当选去年的年度热词算是实至名归。而今年的备选热词与老百姓生活联系紧密，牛津热词的选择既权威又贴近生活，乃语言学的成功典范。”

　　vocabulary：

　　twitter n. 微博客，鸟叫声；vt. 吱吱叫；嘁嘁喳喳地讲