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The lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year (for each year) are ten-word lists published annually by the American dictionary-publishing company Merriam-Webster, Inc., which feature the ten words of the year from the English language. These word lists started in 2003 and have been published at the end of each year.
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]
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".
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.
The word of the year (German: Wort des Jahres, pronounced [ˌvɔʁt dɛs ˈjaːʁəs] ⓘ) 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.
The Youth word of the year (German: Jugendwort des Jahres) is an annual publication which reviews trends in German youth language and names one new or recently popularized word as the most noteworthy. The winning word is chosen by a jury under the guidance of publishing company Langenscheidt, who specializes in language reference works. The ...
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.
Since 1991, the American Dialect Society has designated one or more words or terms to be the word of the year. The New York Times stated that the American Dialect Society "probably started" the "word-of-the-year ritual". [10] However, the "Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache" (GfdS) has announced a word of the year since 1977.