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Why Britain chose 'permacrisis' as its word for 2022
• 2 years agoThe term ‘permacrisis’ was chosen as Britain's word of the year on Tuesday in recognition of a dismal 2022. The annual list compiled by Collins Dictionary also had words such as ‘Kyiv’, ‘sportswashing’ and ‘partygate' in the running
Oxford English Dictionary chooses 'Vax' as word of the year
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoThe usage of vax, a word which was first recorded in English in 1799 and is derived from the Latin word vacca, has increased 72 times more than last year
Oxford Languages' 2020 Word of the Year: An unprecedented choice that highlights linguistic effect of COVID-19 on English
• 4 years agoThe 2020 report does highlight some zippy new coinages, like 'Blursday' (which captures the way the week blends together), 'covidiots' (you know who you are) and 'doomscrolling' (who, me?). But mostly, it underlines how the pandemic has utterly dominated public conversation, and given us a new collective vocabulary almost overnight.
Collins Dictionary picks 'lockdown' as Word of the Year 2020 as COVID cases surge across globe
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoCollins said it saw an increase of 6,000 percent in the usage of the word ‘lockdown’ from last year. However, the increased use of the word was not a cause for celebration but concern, it added
The decade of the pronoun: Linguists delight as new use of 'they' expands the closed class
• 5 years agoWord of the year votes are lighthearted ways to highlight the natural evolution of language and this year's "word of the year" and "word of the decade" votes revealed pronouns as the choice.
Fake news named word of the year by Collins dictionary due to widespread usage
• 7 years agoFake news, a term heavily popularised by US President Donald Trump, been named the word of the year by Collins dictionary due to its widespread use around the world
Xenophobia: Is dictionary.com's word of the year an accurate reflection of 2016?
• 8 years agoYou might have thought about it, heard it. A lot. You might have even felt it: Dictionary.com's word of the year is "xenophobia."
Blame it on Donald Trump and Brexit: Oxford Dictionaries name 'post-truth' word of the year
• 8 years agoThe Oxford Dictionaries chose "post-truth" as their word of the year on Wednesday, saying its use had spiked because of the Brexit vote in Britain and the rise of Donald Trump in the United States.
Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year 2015 is not even a word, it's an emoji
Manasm • 9 years agoOxford comes out with the 'Word of the Year' (WOTY) every year, and this year that word is an emoji.
'Selfie' is Oxford Dictionaries word of 2013, 'Twerk' was close!
Fp Archives • 11 years ago"Selfie" beat a number of other buzzwords of 2013, including "twerk" referring to dancing in a sexually provocative manner and which was popularised by singer Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards last August.