To select a winner, Oxford editors track trending words and phrases throughout the calendar year. Matthew Horwood via Getty Images For the first time in history, Oxford Dictionaries allowed the public ...

What words have defined the past 12 months? Last year's choices for 'Word of the Year' (WOTY) were all about the post-Covid-19 world, with 'vaccine' named Merriam-Webster's word of the year, and 'vax' ...

Discover the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year for 2022—and why it might have gained so much momentum. Whether you consider yourself a word nerd who’s always looking for new words in the dictionary or ...

In late November 2022, Merriam-Webster's dictionary announced it had chosen "gaslighting" as its word of the year. In the official announcement, the organization stated: "In this age of misinformation ...

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