DUBSTEP AND GRIME ADDED TO DICTIONARY

Dubstep and grime have been listed as new words in the latest edition of the Chambers dictionary. Dubstep is defined as a "type of electronic popular dance music developed from drum and bass". Grime is given the definition of "a style of popular music combining elements of dance hall and hip hop".

The genres are among 200 new additions to the latest edition of the dictionary. Other terms new to the latest edition are beatboxing, which is described as "imitating an electronic drum machine using the voice" and cloud, which is described as "a metaphorical image used for the internet".

Robert Williams, commissioning editor of the Chambers dictionary, says: "Chambers only includes words that are here to stay and these music styles have proved that they are. "The way people create and consume music is also driving major changes in the way we speak."

The global rise of dubstep can be traced back to 2006, when BBC Radio 1 Experimental host Mary Anne Hobbs broadcast 'Dubstep Wars'; a selection of the (mainly Croydon based) originators of dubstep featuring live sets from the likes of Mala, Skream, Kode 9 and Space Ape, Vex'd, Hatcha, Loefah and Sgt. Pokes, N-Type and Distance.

Dubstep Warz by Mary Anne Hobbs on Mixcloud

At the start of this year, Mary Anne Hobbs uploaded a recording of the historic BBC broadcast, writing: 

"January 9th >>10th 2011 is the 5th anniversary of the notorious Dubstep Warz transmission on my BBC Radio1 Breezeblock show. This show marked the global tipping point for the dubstep sound. Mala, Skream, Kode 9 & The Spaceape, Vex'd, Hatcha & Crazy D, Loefah & Sgt Pokes and Distance changed the world of global dance music forever. Dubstep Warz still sounds as vital, as primal and as thrilling as the night we threw it down.. it brings tears to my eyes. If, as a broadcaster, you can deliver one show with the cultural & historical impact of this one in a lifetime.. it's a miracle.."