+ Follow word of the year Tag
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[Title] => 'Rage bait' wins Oxford's word of 2025
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[Title] => 'Parasocial' crowned Cambridge Dictionary word of 2025
[Summary] => Lexicographers picked it in a year they said was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers, and AI chatbots.
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[Title] => 'Vibe coding' named word of the year by Collins dictionary
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[Title] => Beyond words: '67' crowned 'Word of the Year'
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[Title] => Cambridge Dictionary reveals 'manifest' as new word of the year
[Summary] => Cambridge Dictionary revealed that the word "manifest" is its Word of the Year for 2024, after the word was searched nearly 130,000 times on its website.
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[Title] => 'Brat' is Collins Dictionary word of the year for 2024
[Summary] => Fans of British singer-songwriter Charli XCX will be dancing once again after Collins Dictionary announced its word of the year is "brat."
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[Title] => 'Rizz' charms Oxford wordsmiths to win word of 2023
[Summary] => "Rizz" — a colloquial term defined as "style, charm, or attractiveness" — has been crowned word of the year for 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced on Monday.
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[Title] => 'Authentic' is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2023
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[Title] => Collins Dictionary selects 'AI' as Word of the Year
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[Title] => Nonbinary pronoun 'they' named Merriam-Webster word of year
[Summary] => The pronoun "they," used by non-binary people who identify as neither male nor female, was named word of the year by US dictionary Merriam-Webster on Tuesday.
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[Title] => Cambridge Dictionary reveals 'manifest' as new word of the year
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[Title] => 'Brat' is Collins Dictionary word of the year for 2024
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[Title] => 'Authentic' is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2023
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[Title] => Collins Dictionary selects 'AI' as Word of the Year
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[Title] => Nonbinary pronoun 'they' named Merriam-Webster word of year
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