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This topic has become a traditional choice at the beginning of the year. Last year’s post provides a little background to the topic.
Several dictionaries choose a Word of the Year. The most commonly known:
- Merriam-Webster
- Cambridge Dictionary
- Dictionary.com
- Oxford Dictionary
Note (update July 2024): Merriam-Webster has a section Games and Quizzes. Great fun vocabulary practice.
Below is a selection of words listed in the sources above
- deepfake
- coronation
- dystopian
- EGOT
- X
- Implode
- doppelgänger
- covenant
- indict/indicted
- elemental
- kibbutz
- deadname
- strike
- rizz
- wokeism
- indicted
- wildfire
- hallucinate
- prompt
- situationship
- swiftie
And the winners ….find out yourself
Links:
Oxford Word of the Year 2023 | Oxford Languages (oup.com)
The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2023
Word of the Year 2023 | Authentic | Merriam-Webster
Dictionary.com’s 2023 Word Of The Year Is… | Dictionary.com
For the answers go to
2023 Words of the Year (edhat.com)
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