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Do you know the difference between a blogger and a chugger?

Well you'd be forgiven if you didn't because they are just two examples from a long list of new words and phrases that are gradually creeping into the English language.

Many have come about as a result of new words being used in the media and BBC Newsonline has put together a definitive list in the form of its very own e-cyclopedia.

Breakfast talked to BBC Newsonline's Giles Wilson.

So if you want to know what a blogger is or if you want to see the full list you can go to the BBC Newsonline website.

Click here for the 2002 e-cyclopedia website

Click here for the 2001 e-cyclopedia website

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Although some of the words may seem trivial, it's easy to see how quickly terms like economy class syndrome and ground zero become widely used. Both of were included in last year's lexicon.

In the meantime here are a few highlights from the latest list:

Archery - telling lies, getting punished, and then writing a book about the whole crazy escapade

Bling-tastic - very flash, as in Daily Telegraph's description of Alicia Keys' fur coat. From bling bling, for extravagantly flashy, particularly diamond-encrusted, as favoured by rap stars

Helicoptering - to rise above an issue and take a look at it from a business wide perspective, ie: trying to see the whole picture.

Lifestyle guru - like Cherie Blair's friend Carol Caplin, someone to advise you on fashion, fitness and well-being. Also will help on property matters

Metatarsal - a part of the foot that few people had heard of, but which everyone in the UK knew about exactly for a few weeks. Now forgotten.