Word of the year

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The word(s) of the year, sometimes capitalized as "Word(s) of the Year" and abbreviated "WOTY" (or "WotY"), refers to any of various assessments as to the most important word(s) or expression(s) in the public sphere during a specific year.

The German tradition, Wort des Jahres was started in 1971. The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year is the oldest English-language version, and the only one that is announced after the end of the calendar year, determined by a vote of independent linguists, and not tied to commercial interest. However, various other organizations also announce Words of the Year for promotional purposes.

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American Dialect Society

Since 1991, the American Dialect Society (ADS) has designated one or more words or terms to be the "Word of the Year" in the United States

The society also chose a "Word of the 1990s" (web), "Word of the 20th Century" (jazz), "Word of the Past Millennium" (she), and "Word of the Decade (2000-2009)" (google as a verb).

Selection

Other candidates for "Word of the Year" have included:

2014: bae: a sweetheart or romantic partner, columbusing: cultural appropriation, especially the act of a white person claiming to discover things already known to minority cultures, even: deal with or reconcile difficult situations or emotions (from "I can't even"), manspreading: of a man, to sit with one's legs wide on public transit in a way that blocks other seats.
2013: slash: used as a coordinating conjunction to mean "and/or" (e.g., "come and visit slash stay") or "so" ("I love that place, slash can we go there?"), twerk: A mode of dance that involves vigorous booty-shaking and booty-thrusting, usually with the feet planted, Obamacare: term for the Affordable Care Act that has moved from pejorative to matter-of-fact shorthand and selfie: a photo taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone and shared on social media.
2012: Other nominees were YOLO (an acronym for "You Only Live Once," often used sarcastically or self-deprecatingly), fiscal cliff (the threat of spending cuts and tax increases looming over end-of-year budget negotiations), Gangnam style (the trendy style of Seouls Gangnam district, as used in the Korean pop song of the same name), marriage equality (legal recognition of same-sex marriage), and 47 percent (a claimed portion of the population that does not pay federal income tax).
2011: 99%, 99 percenters and the acronym FoMO (Fear of Missing Out) lost in a run-off with occupy
2010: Nom lost in a run-off with app
2007: Among the contenders were green- (a designation of environmental concern, as in greenwashing), surge (an increase in troops in a war zone, as in the Iraq War troop surge of 2007), Facebook (all parts of speech), waterboarding (an interrogation technique in which the subject is immobilized and doused with water to simulate drowning), Googlegänger (a portmanteau of Google and Doppelgänger, meaning a person with your name who shows up when you google yourself), and wide stance, "to have a --" (to be hypocritical or to express two conflicting points of view, in reference to Senator Larry Craig after his 2007 arrest at an airport)
2006: Plutoed beat "climate canary" (something whose poor health indicates a looming environmental catastrophe) in a run-off vote for the 2006 word of the year. Other words in the running were flog (an advertisement disguised as a blog or web log), The Decider (a political catchphrase said by former United States President George W. Bush), "prohibited liquids" (fluids that cannot be transported by passengers on airplanes), and macaca (an American citizen treated as an alien)

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English dictionaries

Australian National Dictionary Centre

The Australian National Dictionary Centre has announced a Word of the Year each December since 2006. The word is chosen by the editorial staff, and is selected on the basis of having come to some prominence in the Australian social and cultural landscape during the year. The Word of the Year is often reported in the media as being Australia's word of the year, but the word is not always an Australian word.

Macquarie Dictionary

The Macquarie Dictionary, which is the dictionary of Australian English, updates the online dictionary each year with new words, phrases, and definitions. These can be viewed on their website.

Each year the editors select a short list of new words added to the dictionary and invite the public to vote on their favourite. The public vote is held in January and results in the People's Choice winner. The most influential word of the year is also selected by the Word of the Year Committee which is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Dr Michael Spence. The Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, Susan Butler, is also a committee member. The Committee meets annually to select the overall winning words.

The following is the list of winning words since the Macquarie Word of the Year first began in 2006:

Merriam-Webster

The lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year (for each year) are ten-word lists published annually by the American dictionary-publishing company Merriam-Webster, Inc., which feature the ten words of the year from the English language. These word lists started in 2003 and have been published at the end of each year. At first, Merriam-Webster determined its contents by analyzing page hits and popular searches on its website. Since 2006, the list has been determined by an online poll and by suggestions from visitors to the website.

The following is the list of words that became Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year since 2003:

2017: feminism
2016: surreal
2015: -ism
2014: culture
2013: science
2012: socialism and capitalism
2011: pragmatic
2010: austerity
2009: admonish
2008: bailout
2007: w00t
2006: truthiness
2005: integrity
2004: blog
2003: democracy

Oxford

Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary and many other dictionaries, announces an Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of the Year and an Oxford Dictionaries US Word of the Year; sometimes these are the same word. The Word of the Year need not have been coined within the past twelve months but it does need to have become prominent or notable during that time. There is no guarantee that the Word of the Year will be included in any Oxford dictionary. The Oxford Dictionaries Words of the Year are selected by editorial staff from each of the Oxford dictionaries. The selection team is made up of lexicographers and consultants to the dictionary team, and editorial, marketing, and publicity staff.

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Grant Barrett

Since 2004, lexicographer Grant Barrett has published a words-of-the-year list, usually in the New York Times, though he does not name a winner.

2013 in New York Times, also a more complete list
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Global Language Monitor

The Global Language Monitor (GLM) has been selecting the Top Words of the Year since 2000. GLM states the Top Words, Phrases, and Names of the Year provide a history of each year since 2000 through English-language word usage. To select these words and phrases, it uses a [big data], [data mining] statistical analysis of language usage in the worldwide print and electronic media, the Internet, and the blogosphere, as well as social media. Several linguists and lexicographers have charged that its mathematical methodologies (found below) are flawed.

Methodology GLM's Word of the Year rankings are based upon actual word usage throughout the English-speaking world, which now approaches some 2.38 billion people, who use the language as a first, second, business language. To qualify for these lists, the words, names, and phrases must meet three criteria: 1) found globally, 2) have a minimum of 25,000 citations, and 3) have the requisite 'depth' and 'breadth' of usage. Depth is here defined as appearing in various forms of media; breadth that they must appear world-over, not limited to a particular professional or social group or geography. The goal is to find the word usage that will endure the test of time.

GLM employs its NarrativeTracker and Internet MediaBuzz technologies for global Internet and social media analysis. NarrativeTracker is based on global discourse, providing a real-time, accurate picture about any topic, at any point in time. NarrativeTracker analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the top 375,000 print and electronic global media (not limited to the English-language-based media), as well as new social media sources as they emerge. This is the 18th annual analysis by the Global Language Monitor and the only analysis that encompasses the whole of Global English.

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On December 7, 2017. GLM announced Truth as the Top Word, Xi Jingping as the Top Name, and Weinstein Effect and #MeToo as the Top Phrases for global English for 2017.

Words

Phrases

Names

2000-2009 decade words and phrases

Words:

global warming (2000), rated highly from day one of the decade
9/11 (2001), for the September 11 attacks
Obama- (2008), the U.S. President's name as a root word or word stem
bailout (2008), The Bank Bailout was but Act One of the crisis
evacuee/refugee (2005), after Katrina, refugees became evacuees
derivative (2007), financial instrument or analytical tool that engendered the Meltdown
google (2007), from Google Search, after word 'googol'
surge (2007), the strategy that effectively ended the Iraq War
Chinglish (2005), Chinese-English hybrid language growing larger as Chinese influence expands
tsunami (2004), from Southeast Asian tsunami which took 250,000 lives
H1N1 (2009), a strain of the Swine Flu
default (2007), subprime mortgages linked to financial troubles
dot.com (2000), the dot.com bubble of computer layoffs, before ecommerce regrew
Y2K (2000), from the Y2K bug of computers mishandling dates after 1999
misunderestimate (2002), a term from George W. Bush
chad (2000), paper chips from voter punched cards in the 2000 Florida election recount
twitter (2008), with a quarter of a billion references on Google
WMD (2002), Iraq's supposed Weapons of Mass Destruction
blog (2003), first called "weblog" which contracted into "blog"
texting (2004), sending text messages (not voice recordings) over cell phones
slumdog (2008), child inhabitants of Mumbai's slums
sustainable (2006), key to "Green" living where natural resources are never depleted
Brokeback (2004), new term for 'gay' from the Hollywood film Brokeback Mountain
quagmire (2004), as would the Iraq War end up like Vietnam, another "quagmire"?
truthiness (2006), Stephen Colbert's word for truth based on intuition not evidence or reason

Also worth noting: 'embedded' (2003), to embed reporters with US troops.

Phrases:

climate change (2000), Green words in every form dominate the decade
Financial Tsunami (2008), one-quarter of the world's wealth vanishes seemingly overnight
ground zero (2001), site of 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City
War on Terror (2001), G.W. Bush administration's response to 9/11
Weapons of Mass Destruction (2003), Bush's WMD never found in Iraq or the Syrian desert
swine flu (2008), specifically the H1N1 strain of flu virus
"Let's Roll!" (2001), Todd Beamer's last words heard before Flight 93 crashed into the PA countryside
Red State/Blue State (2004), Republican (red) or Democratic (blue) control of U.S. states
carbon footprint (2007), the amount of CO2 an activity produces
shock-and-awe (2003), initial strategy of Iraq War to terrorize Iraqi forces
Ponzi scheme (2009), when Madoff's rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul strategy reaped billions & heartache
Category 4 (2005), for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma
King of Pop (2000), Elvis was the King, MJ the King (of Pop)
"Stay the course" (2004), George W. Bush's off-stated guidance for Iraq War
"Yes, we can!" (2008), Obama's winning campaign slogan
"Jai Ho!" (2008), shout of joy (and song) from film Slumdog Millionaire
"Out of the Mainstream" (2003), complaint about any opposition's political platform
cloud computing (2007), using the Internet (or other network) as a large computational device
threat fatigue (2004), one too many terrorist threat alerts
same-sex marriage (2003), marriage of gay or lesbian couples

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Similar word lists

A Word a Year

Since 2004, Susie Dent, an English lexicographer has published a column, "A Word a Year", in which she chooses a single word from each of the last 101 years to represent preoccupations of the time. Susie Dent notes that the list is subjective. Each year, she gives a completely different set of words.

Since Susie Dent works for the Oxford University Press, her words of choice are often incorrectly referred to as "Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year".

Other countries

In Germany, a Wort des Jahres has been selected since 1972 (for year 1971) by the Society of the German Language. In addition, an Unwort des Jahres (Un-word of the year or No-no Word of the Year) has been nominated since 1991, for a word or phrase in public speech deemed insulting or socially inappropriate (such as "Überfremdung"). Similar selections are made each year since 1999 in Austria, 2002 in Liechtenstein, and 2003 in Switzerland.

In Denmark, the Word of the year has been selected since 2008 by Danmarks Radio and Dansk Sprognævn.

In Japan, the Kanji of the year has been selected since 1995. Kanji are adopted Chinese characters in Japanese language.

In Norway, the Word of the year poll is carried out since 2012.

In Portugal, the Word of the year poll is carried out since 2009.

In Russia, the Word of the year poll is carried out since 2007.

In Ukraine, the Word of the year poll is carried out since 2013.

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