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Title: Authentic: Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 28, 2023, 07:15:36 AM

A rare and precious thing


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67543895

Title: Re: Authentic: Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Post by: jeremyp on November 28, 2023, 08:57:10 AM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on November 28, 2023, 07:15:36 AM

A rare and precious thing


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67543895

Interesting that last year's word of the year was "gaslighting".

Title: Re: Authentic: Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Post by: Dicky Underpants on December 01, 2023, 02:53:21 PM

Quote from: jeremyp on November 28, 2023, 08:57:10 AM

Interesting that last year's word of the year was "gaslighting".

And Vlad has kept using it ever since. Perhaps he doesn't consult British English dictionaries.

Title: Re: Authentic: Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 04, 2023, 10:16:38 AM

But for the Oxford University Press, it's rizz


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67602699

Title: Re: Authentic: Merriam-Webster's word of the year
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 04, 2023, 03:22:24 PM

But this is much more convincing


https://newsthump.com/2023/12/04/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year-revealed-to-be-guttural-howl-aaarrrrggghhh/