Words of the Year 2017
American Dialect: 2017
Nominations
for Words of the Year can be submitted
all year long. Winner announced in January
2018.
Word
of the Year 2017
Oxford
Dictionaries: Dec 2017
As
2017 draws to a close, we turn to language to help us mark where we have been,
how far we have come, and where we are heading.
One
word has been judged as not only reflective of the ethos, mood, or
preoccupations of this past year, but as having lasting potential as a word of
cultural significance.
The
Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2017 is… youthquake.
The
noun, youthquake, is defined as ‘a significant cultural,
political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young
people’.
Word
of the Year shortlist
Antifa
Broflake
Gorpcore
Kompromat
Milkshake
Duck
Newsjacking
Unicorn
White
fragility
Merriam-Webster's
2017 Words of the Year
Merriam
Webster: Dec 2017
Feminism,
dotard, gaffe, syzygy, and 6 more of the top lookups in 2017
Merriam-Webster's
Word of the Year for 2017 is feminism. The word was a top lookup throughout the
year, with several spikes that corresponded to various news reports and events.
The general rise in lookups tells us that many people are interested in this
word; specific spikes give us insight into some of the reasons why.
Feminism
spiked following news coverage of the Women's March on Washington, DC in
January (and other related marches held around the country and
internationally), and follow-up discussions regarding whether the march was
feminist, and what kind of feminism was represented by organizers and attendees
2 Complicit
3
Recuse
4
Empathy
5
Dotard
6
Syzygy
7
Gyro
8
Federalism
9
Hurricane
10
Gaffe
THE
COLLINS WORD OF THE YEAR 2017 IS...FAKE NEWS
Collins Dictionary: Dec
2017
It
has been derided by the leader of the free world and accused of influencing
elections, but ‘fake news’ is today legitimate news as it is named Collins’
Word of the Year 2017.
The
word saw an unprecedented usage increase 365% since 2016.
As
defined by Collins, ‘fake news’ means “false, often sensational, information
disseminated under the guise of news reporting”.
Shortlist:
Antifa
corbynmania
cuffing
season
Echo
Chamber
fidget
spinner
gender-fluid
gig
economy
insta
Unicorn
Word
of the Year 2017
Dictionary.com:
Dec 2017
As
2017 comes to a close, it’s time for us to reflect on the words that impacted
all of us this year—for better or for worse. At Dictionary.com, the Word of the
Year serves as a symbol of the year’s most meaningful events and lookup trends.
Our
2017 Word of the Year Is Complicit.
Complicit means
“choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with
others; having partnership or involvement in wrongdoing.” Or, put simply, it
means being, at some level, responsible for something . . . even if indirectly.
This
year, displays of extreme weather have made us all more aware of the widespread
destruction that climate change can wreak. Rightfully so, the terms climate
change, global warming, and carbon
dioxide all showed up in our trending searches this year.
The
events in Charlottesville caused lookups for white
supremacist, nazi, neo-nazi, anti-fascist,
and antifa to trend in our data.
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