Made it!

First it takes over SA, now it takes over England (and beyond) through the backdoor despite the many bans from football- and rugby clubs.

The vuvuzela will make its entry in the new Oxford Dictionary of English, that hits the world (well, the English speaking world) today.

The dictionary-of-all-dictionaries defines our noisemaker as a long plastic instrument, in the shape of a trumpet, that makes a very loud noise when you blow it and is popular with football fans in South Africa.

There you have it. Once you made it into that dictionary you are part of world history forever.