On December 7, 2005, the New Oxford American Dictionary declared ‘podcasting’ its word of the year.
Listed as “a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player,” podcasting’s inclusion in the dictionary was a significant media event which brought the medium to the attention of the English-speaking world.
The popular French word for podcasting is: “la baladodiffusion.”
The New Oxford says the term was derived from a combination of the words “iPod” and “broadcasting,” however there has been some debate as to the authenticiy of that origin.
Synonyms for “podcasting” include: audio-blogging, audio diary, voice diary
