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. In 1999 it was supplemented with the Austrian word of the year to express the pluricentric nature of German and its multiple standards varieties.[1][2]

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.[citation needed] However, various other organizations also announce Words of the Year for a variety of purposes.

American Dialect Society

Main article: List of American Dialect Society's Words of the Year

Since 1990, the American Dialect Society (ADS) has designated one or more words or terms to be the "Word of the Year" in the United States. In addition to the "Word of the Year", the society also selects words in other categories such as "Most Outrageous," "Most Creative," and "Most Likely to Succeed."

YearWord of the YearNotes
1990bushlips
1991mother of all –
1992Not!
1993information superhighway
1994Tie: cyber and morph
1995Tie: World Wide Web and newt
1996momEmergence of voting blocs like "soccer moms".
1997millennium bug
1998e-
1999Y2K
2000chadCause of a recount in the 2000 US election
20019-11, 9/11 or September 11
2002weapons of mass destruction or WMD
2003metrosexual
2004red/blue/purple statesBecame a term used to describe the political position of a state. Popularized during the 2004 Democratic Keynote address given by Barack Obama
2005truthiness
2006to be plutoed, to pluto
2007subprimeSubprime mortgage crisis that started in 2007
2008bailoutBank bailout of 2008
2009tweet
2010app
2011occupy
2012#hashtag
2013because
2014#blacklivesmatter
2015they
2016dumpster fire
2017fake news
2018tender-age shelter
2019(my) pronouns
2020Covid
2021Insurrection
2022-ussy
2023enshittification
2024rawdog
2025slop

Australian National Dictionary Centre

The Australian National Dictionary Centre has announced a Word of the Year each 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.[3] The Word of the Year is often reported in the media as being Australia's word of the year,[4][5] but the word is not always an Australian word.

YearWord of the Year
2006podcast
2007me-tooism
2008GFC
2009Twitter
2010vuvuzela
2011
2012green-on-blue
2013bitcoin[6]
2014shirtfront[7]
2015sharing economy
2016democracy sausage
2017Kwaussie
2018Canberra bubble
2019Voice
2020iso
2021strollout
2022teal
2023Matilda
2024Colesworth[8]
2025social media ban[9]

Cambridge Dictionary

The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year, by Cambridge University Press & Assessment, has been published every year since 2015.[10] The word is chosen based on "user data, zeitgeist, and language."[11]

In 2024, Cambridge picked "manifest" as its Word of the Year. Traditionally, the word has been used as an adjective meaning "obvious", or as a verb meaning "to show something clearly through signs or actions". The word was chosen owing to its use by celebrities, particularly on social media, as a verb meaning "to imagine achieving something you want, in the belief doing so will make it more likely to happen".[12][13]

YearWord of the YearNote
2015austerity
2016paranoidUncertainty surrounding global events.
2017populism
2018nomophobia
2019upcycling
2020quarantine[14]Worldwide lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021perseverance[15]Deployment of NASA Mars rover Perseverance, as well as societal recovery after COVID-19.
2022homerThe answer to a difficult Wordle puzzle.
2023hallucinate[16]Referring to AI hallucinations: erroneous material generated by AI.
2024manifest[13]
2025parasocial[17]

Collins English Dictionary

The Collins English Dictionary has announced a Word of the Year every year since 2013, and prior to this, announced a new 'word of the month' each month in 2012. Published in Glasgow, UK, Collins English Dictionary has been publishing English dictionaries since 1819.[18]

Toward the end of each calendar year, Collins release a shortlist of notable words or those that have come to prominence in the previous 12 months. The shortlist typically comprises ten words, though in 2014 only four words were announced as the Word of the Year shortlist.

The Collins Words of the Year are selected by the Collins Dictionary team across Glasgow and London, consisting of lexicographers, editorial, marketing, and publicity staff, though previously the selection process has been open to the public.

Whilst the word is not required to be new to feature, the appearance of words in the list is often supported by usage statistics and cross-reference against Collins' extensive corpus to understand how language may have changed or developed in the previous year. The Collins Word of the Year is also not restricted to UK language usage, and words are often chosen that apply internationally as well, for example, fake news in 2017.[19]

YearWord of the YearShortlist
2013[20]geek[21]
2014[22]photobomb[23]
2015[24]binge-watch[25]
2016[26]Brexit[27]
2017[28]fake news[29]
2018[30]single-use[31]
2019[32]climate strike[33]
2020[34]lockdown[35]
2021NFT[36]
2022permacrisis[37]
2023AI[38]
2024Brat[39]
2025[40]vibe coding

Dictionary.com

In 2010, Dictionary.com announced its first word of the year, 'change', and has done so in December every year since.[41] The selection is based on search trends on the site throughout the year and the news events that drive them.[42]

The following is the list of annual words since beginning with the first in 2010:[41]

YearWord of the Year
2010change
2011tergiversate
2012bluster
2013privacy
2014exposure
2015identity
2016xenophobia
2017complicit
2018misinformation
2019existential
2020pandemic
2021allyship
2022woman
2023hallucinate
2024demure
20256-7

The Economist

Since 2021, British current affair journal The Economist has published a word of the year.[43]

YearWord of the Year
2021vax
2022hybrid work
2023ChatGPT
2024kakistocracy
2025slop

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.[44]

Each year the editors review all new words and definitions that have been added to the dictionary in the past year from which they select a shortlist and invite the public to vote on their favourite. The public vote is held in November 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 comprises the Editorial Team at Macquarie Dictionary along with David Astle and language research specialist Tiger Webb. 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:

YearCommittee's ChoicePeople's Choice
2006muffin top
2007pod slurpingpassword fatigue
2008toxic debtflashpacker
2009shovel readytweet
2010googlegangershockumentary
2011burqinifracking
2012phantom vibration syndromeFirst World problem
2013infovore[45]onesie
2014mansplain[46]shareplate
2015captain's call[47]captain's call[48]
2016fake newshalal snack pack
2017milkshake duck[49][50]framily[51]
2018me too[52][53]single-use[54]
2019cancel culturerobodebt
2020doomscrolling and ronaKaren and covidiot
2021strollout[55]strollout
2022teal[56]bachelor's handbag[56]
2023cozzie livs[57]generative AI
2024enshittification[57]enshittification[57]
2025AI slop[58]AI slop[58]

Merriam-Webster

Main article: Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year

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.[59]

The following is the list of words that became Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year since 2003:[60]

YearWord of the Year
2003democracy
2004blog
2005integrity
2006truthiness
2007w00t
2008bailout
2009admonish
2010austerity
2011pragmatic
2012socialism and capitalism
2013science
2014culture
2015-ism
2016surreal
2017feminism
2018justice
2019they
2020pandemic
2021vaccine
2022gaslighting
2023authentic
2024polarization
2025slop

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 and simply dubbed Word of the Year. The word need not have been coined within the year or 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 if it's not present. 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.[61]

YearUK Word of the YearUS Word of the YearHindi Word of the Year
2004chav
2005sudokupodcast
2006bovveredcarbon-neutral
2007carbon footprintlocavore
2008credit crunchhypermiling
2009simplesunfriend
2010big societyrefudiate
2011squeezed middle
2012omnishamblesGIF (noun)
2013selfie[62]
2014vape[63]
2015😂 (Face With Tears of Joy emoji)[64]
2016post-truth[65]
2017youthquake[66]Aadhaar[a]
2018toxic[67]Nari Shakti (Women Power)[68]
2019climate emergency[69]Samvidhaan[70]
2020No single word chosen[71]Aatmanirbharta[72]
2021vax[73]
2022goblin mode[74][75]
2023rizz[76]
2024brain rot[77]
2025rage bait[78]

Grant Barrett

Since 2004, lexicographer Grant Barrett has published an unranked words-of-the-year list, usually in The New York Times.[79]

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.[80][81][82] 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

Austria: Word of the year (Austria), since 1999. The event is organised by the Society for Austrian German (GSÖD). Notable selections include the 52-letter word Bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung (2016), and more recently, 'Elk Emil', in 2025[83][84].

In Germany, a Wort des Jahres has been selected since 1972 (for the year 1971) by the Society of the German Language.[85] In addition, an Unwort des Jahres (Un-word of the year or Most Unpleasant 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").[86] Similar selections are made each year since 1999 in Austria, 2002 in Liechtenstein, and 2003 in Switzerland. Since 2008, language publisher Langenscheidt supports a search for the German youth word of the year, which aims to find new words entering the language through the vernacular of young people.[87][88]

In addition, several German dialects have their own Wort des Jahres selection: Plattdeutsches Wort des Jahres, Wort des Jahres (Sachsen), and Wort des Jahres (Südtirol).

In Denmark, the Word of the year has been selected by Mål og Mæle, a popular science language magazine, during 2006–2012 and since 2009 also by the Sproglaboratoriet radio program of the DR P1 radio channel in collaboration with Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Council).

Japan has held an annual word of the year contest called the "New Word/Trendy Phrase Award" (Shingo ryūkōgo taishō) since 1984, sponsored by the Jiyu Kokuminsha publisher (by U-CAN since 2004). In addition, the Kanji of the Year (kotoshi no kanji) has been selected since 1995, and both the kanji and the word/phrase of the year often reflect current Japanese events and attitudes. For example, in 2011, following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the frustratingly enigmatic phrase used by Japanese officials before the explosion regarding the possibility of a meltdown - "the possibility of recriticality is not zero" (Sairinkai no kanōsei zero de wa nai) - became the top phrase of the year. In the same year, the kanji for "bond" (i.e., family ties or friendship) became the kanji of the year, expressing the importance of collectiveness in the face of disaster.[89]

Liechtenstein: Word of the year (Liechtenstein) since 2002[90].

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

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

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

In Slovenia, the word of the year poll has been carried out since 2016. Each year, it is announced in January together with the SSL (Slovenian Sign Language) gesture of the year[91].

In Spain, a Word of the year has been selected by Fundéu since 2013.

Switzerland: Word of the year (Switzerland), since 2003.

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

In The Netherlands, a word of the year poll is carried out by dictionary publisher Van Dale since 2007[92].

See also

Further reading

  • John Ayto, "A Century of New Words", Series: Oxford Paperback Reference (2007) ISBN 0-19-921369-0
  • John Ayto, "Twentieth Century Words", Oxford University Press (1999) ISBN 0-19-860230-8

Notes

  1. ^ First Hindi Word of the Year[93]

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