BBM, short for Black Berry Messenger, is the latest word to enter the latest edition of the Collins English Dictionary.
In a press statement, T.A. McCann, Vice President, BBM and Social Communities at BlackBerry maker RIM, commented: “The inclusion of BBM in the Collins English dictionary recognizes its status as one of the world’s most popular mobile social networks. In recent years, the term ‘BBM’ has transcended its technological origins to become a brand that is part of the everyday language of millions of people all over the world. The service itself continues to evolve, with ‘BBMers’ able to share content, create groups and even post status updates to other social networking sites such as Facebook® and Twitter® directly from the BBM app. We’re honoured that a word used daily by millions of our customers has been officially welcomed into the English language.”
Moments after winning the 100m Olympic gold at London 2012, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt gave a live television interview where he said: “All I gotta do is thank a few people on my BBM with my congrats and that’s pretty much it”. Music artists such as Tinie Tempah and Sean Kingston have both mentioned BBM in their respective songs ‘Miami to Ibiza’ and the aptly titled, ‘BBM’.
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