Dictionary gives nod to `Homer' catchword

London - "Doh" is now an official word of the English language.

London - "Doh" is now an official word of the English language.

The catchword of the cartoon character Homer Simpson has made it into the updated online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Inspiration for new additions to the dictionary were taken from a wide variety of sources, including teenage chatter, the pop music charts and even Bridget Jones's Diary. It was the neurotic Londoner's use of "bad hair day" in the novel by Helen Fielding that prompted the dictionary to include it to describe times when things aren't going well.

Bollywood - the Indian version of the US film industry, Hollywood - now also has an entry in the dictionary. And the new meaning for the Full Monty that arose after five unemployed steelworkers became male strippers in the film of that name in 1997 gets an entry. The Full Monty now means to be naked.