The term “wardrobe malfunction” has been included in the Chambers English Dictionary for the first time.

Pop Star Justin Timberlake made the euphemism famous at the 2004 Superbowl when he ?accidentally’ exposed one of Janet Jackson’s breasts. For those who can’t remember it was during a half time show and it was her right breast.

In the dictionary the phrase is defined as “the temporary failure of an item of clothing to cover a part of the body that it would be advisable to keep covered”.

Alsso added to the dictionary for the first time are WAGs (that’s wives and girlfriends of footballers FYI), nail bars (something to do with nails one would presume) and social networking (made famous by Myspace,Facebook, and Bebo).

Mary O’Neill, editor in chief, said: “The new words paint a vivid picture of current interests.”

Revealing the strict selection process for words and phrases, she added: “We’ve been watching words like WAG for a long time but we don’t want words that are ephemeral or just the buzz words of the moment.”

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