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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 12:39:49 GMT
Each year various dictionaries announce the one word that they determine has had the most impact or exemplifies current trends etc. Dictionary.com announced their choice for 2017. (Oxford, Merriam-Webster will follow suit) and be announced in this thread. Dictionary.com chose the word complicit.(I wonder why?  ) (Edited to add, Dictionary.com attributed their choice on the following; Russian election influences, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandals, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic) |
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 28, 2017 19:15:01 GMT
I'm always curious as to what word will be chosen. Complicit is indeed a perfect choice, although it's depressing that we instantly know why.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2017 20:11:45 GMT
Merriam-Webster chose feminism.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2017 23:32:47 GMT
Oxford dictionaries bizarrely chose youthquake as the word of the year, which is clearly ridiculous since even though it is a concept that is under discussion, absolutely nobody really uses that 'word' (?). |
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Post by questa on Dec 15, 2017 23:48:44 GMT
Feminism is so 30 years ago. It hasn't added more meanings or concepts this year, has it?
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 15, 2017 23:56:46 GMT
Dictionaries are extremely slow.
Back when I was teaching English, I exhausted myself telling students that all of the so-called slang they thought they knew was at least 30 years out of date.
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Post by questa on Dec 16, 2017 2:22:50 GMT
Right on, Man
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 16:13:54 GMT
I was trying to keep my eye out for the Oxford one but you saw it K2,thanks. Yeah, disappointing.
I can safely say that I have never used that word ever in any form.
As for 'feminism', one has to wonder how old are the f's at Merriam-Webster to have chosen this one?
Maybe an abbreviation, WTF might better qualify?
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 16, 2017 16:48:53 GMT
I'm sure it would be a much better choice, but these people are so prim and proper that they can't consider such a thing since they would be incapable of explaining it.
I was looking at French sites for the "word of the year" which is not really a concept here, but there are unofficial proposals for the following words:
Brexit
clivant (divisive)
post-vérité (post truth)
populisme
On a Belgian site, there is a poll proposing such things as:
fait alternatif (alternative facts)
Gafa (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon)
dégagisme ("throw the bums out" -- political rejection of all people in power)
démocrature (a mix between democracy and dictatorship, referring to countries that only give the illusion of democracy)
droner - to film with a drone
Languages really are evolving rapidly!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 17:25:59 GMT
Did you say rabidly rapidly?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 17:28:08 GMT
Sorry huckle, I posted over you.
Thank you for that link.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 16, 2017 19:50:45 GMT
I believe MW’s pick was based on number of internet searches for the word. Maybe the Me-too’s have reawakened interest in this old topic?
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