Word of the Year

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So all those UFO videos I watched on TikTok last night might be giving me brain rot?

12.02.24

By Sammi Caramela
The Oxford Dictionary Has Declared ‘Climate Emergency’ the Word of the Year

11.22.19

By Shamani Joshi
We’re Feeling You Hard, Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2018

11.26.18

By VICE Staff
‘Single-Use’ Really Is the Word of the Year We Deserve

11.07.18

By Lauren O'Neill
‘Milkshake Duck’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year

01.14.18

By Katherine Gillespie
Fittingly, ‘Xenophobia’ Is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year

11.28.16

By Katherine Gillespie
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11.16.16

By VICE Staff
Emojis Are the Most Advanced Form of Language Known to Man

11.18.15

By Sam Kriss
Oxford Dictionaries Says the Word of the Year Is an Emoji

11.17.15

By River Donaghey
Entertainment

These Graphs Show How Much ‘Words of the Year’ Actually Get Used After They Join the Dictionary

11.20.14

By Joel Golby
Tech

Selfies Esteemed: How a Word Becomes Word of the Year

11.20.13

By Victoria Turk

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