It also considered " rizz," which was chosen by the Oxford University Press as its word of the year. AI also influenced Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023, "authentic." ...

Pop Culture 'Demure' is Dictionary.com's word of the year. If that's news to you, here's the backstory November 26, 202412:53 PM ET Elizabeth Blair ...

Wokeism. Dictionary.com called this word a "signifier of broad political opposition" and one widely used this year. The entry for "wokeism" saw a 2,300% increase in page views this year. Indicted.

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is one that saw an increase in searches this year – in a world where it's sometimes hard to tell what is fake and what is real online. The word they ...

That people were turning to Merriam-Webster to verify new vocabulary could be read as a sign of progress. After all, 2022's word of the year belied a distrust of authority: gaslighting.

While word of the year contenders do not need to be new words, they must have a significance to the year in question. OUP said its 2023 shortlist was chosen to “reflect the mood, ethos, or ...

Other words that made Dictionary.com’s word of the year shortlist were indicted, rizz, strike, wildfire and wokeism.

Oxford's Word of the Year 2023 — which was selected by a team of language experts and more than 32,000 votes — has become a staple of Gen-Z- and Gen-Alpha slang since it was first coined.

What the hell is "rizz" anyway? Oxford's word of the year has infiltrated our language, beating out words like "Swiftie" (Taylor Swift super fans) or "situationship" (the in-between stage of dating).

Eight words were put forward by Oxford language experts as contenders for the 2023 Word of the Year. The words reflected "the mood, ethos, or preoccupations of the year," according to the release.

B EFORE NAMING a word of the year, Johnson turns to colleagues to find out what those in different fields and in various countries are talking about. It is a salutary reminder that the world is ...