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Word of the year. The word (s) of the year, sometimes capitalized as " Word (s) of the Year " and abbreviated " WOTY " (or " WotY "), refers to any of various assessments as to the most important word (s) or expression (s) in the public sphere during a specific year. The German tradition, Wort des Jahres was started in 1971.
The Words of the Year usually reflect events that happened during the years the lists were published. For example, the Word of the Year for 2005, 'integrity', showed that the general public had an immense interest in defining this word amid ethics scandals in the United States government, corporations, and sports. [1]
Word of the year (Germany) The word of the year (German: Wort des Jahres) is an annual publication by the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, established in 1971 (on a regular basis since 1977). Each December, a German word or word group is named in a linguistic review of the year. [ 1][ 2] Year. Word of the year.
Un-word of the year. Un-word of the year (German: Unwort des Jahres, pronounced [ˈʊnˌvɔʁt dɛs ˈjaːʁəs] ⓘ) is an annual selection of one new or recently popularized term that allegedly violates human rights or infringes upon democratic principles, made by a panel of German linguists. The term may be one that discriminates against ...
The first year for which the word of the year was voted ("bushlips") by the ADS was 1990. [ 2 ] Sam Corbin, a words and language writer for The New York Times , comparing the ADS WOTY with the likes from prominent dictionaries , wrote that "the American Dialect Society celebrates linguistic variation to an almost absurd degree".
Background and methodology. Porto Editora started the Word of the Year poll to "underscore the lexical wealth and creative dynamics of the Portuguese Language". The list of candidates is produced by the publishing house through the analysis of the frequence of the usage of words (judged by both its use in mass and social media, as well as searches in Porto Editora online dictionaries), their ...
This category is about Word of the Year designations by various entities, not for articles about words that were themselves named word of the year. Pages in category "Word of the year" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Finanskrise ('financial crisis') was named word of the year. The word was not new – between 1947 and 1988, the word was used on average one to four times yearly in Norwegian media according to the search engine Atekst/Retriever. Later, the use of the word increased; in 1988, it was used 598 times and in 2007 it was used 218 times.