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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 15:10:26 GMT
I always look forward to these. Oft times I am disappointed but this years choices by 3 major word sources all seem to meld.
OXFORD: post-truth
MERRIAM WEBSTER: surreal ("a word people turn to when they're trying to bring order to the "chaos of the news" ").
DICTIONARY.com: xenophobia
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 17:24:22 GMT
I find this fascinating every year as well, so I immediately looked up the French words of the year.
uberisation for the strange turn the new economy has taken
radicalisation for the sudden surge in instant internet jihadists
migrants for obvious reasons
I also noticed in passing that the German word of the year is refugees.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 19:07:03 GMT
Curious, but understandably so, that all those mentioned thus far have some political reference attached to them.
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Post by rikita on Dec 20, 2016 8:04:24 GMT
actually, Flüchtlinge (refugees) was german word of the year last year. This year it is postfaktisch (kind of similar to "post truth") ... Here's the list - seems to me basically a list of the political events of the year:
postfaktisch
Brexit
Silvesternacht
Schmähkritik
Trump-Effekt
Social Bots
schlechtes Blut
Gruselclown
Burkiniverbot
Oh, wie schön ist Panama
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Post by rikita on Dec 20, 2016 8:05:49 GMT
non-word of the year has not been decided yet, last year it was "Gutmensch" (kind of like "do-gooder", but in a very ironic way)
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