Fritinancy, 4 months ago to random

There was a lot of swearing at the American Dialect Society's word of the year vote on Friday, thanks in large part to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic and "enshittification." My summary for the @stronglang blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/the-sweary-wotys/ #woty #woty2023

stronglang, 4 months ago to random

"Enshittification", "FAFO", and "assholocene" featured in the American Dialect Society’s recent word-of-the-year vote.

@Fritinancy reports on the sweary WOTYs:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/the-sweary-wotys/

#WOTY2023 #WOTY #enshittification #swearing

Fritinancy, 5 months ago to random

My words of the year, from “enshittification” (ht @pluralistic) to “sprinkle sprinkle.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/words-of-the-year-fritinancy-edition
#woty #woty2023

nlowell, 5 months ago to random

A new day. A new chance to succeed.

I'm still pondering what I should pick as my word of the year for '24.

Juggle stood me in good stead, providing a framework for the work I knew I needed to do going into '23. Not just internal work but writing and publishing.

I just don't know what I want to do next year.

My mental ship - write the next book - keeps foundering on a reef of "more of the same" when I'm looking for something new.

I hope you can find answers to your questions #today

#woty

marie_k, 5 months ago to random

Ack, I must be getting old… I’ve never once heard the word “rizz” spoken. What would your word of the year be for 2023?
#WOTY #Oxford #Words

BBCRadio4, 5 months ago to Etymology

📚 Every year the big dictionary publishers decide on the year's most important word. This year's Oxford Word of the Year is 'Rizz'.

Word of Mouth is a podcast about language and how it evolves, presented by poet and educator Michael Rosen.

There are over 250 episodes on BBC Sounds, covering every aspect of language - from chatbots to 'goblin mode' to Shakespeare to sci-fi to Yiddish to apostrophes…

https://bbc.in/4a4oTTq

#WOTY #etymology #language #English #usage #communication #dictionary

nlowell, 5 months ago to random

Are you thinking about a new Word of the Year?

I learned of this alternative to new year's resolution near the end of December last year.

Rather than tasks that might/might not get done - usually not - it's a way of focusing on a single concept.

A word.

A kind of meditation.

A lens for me to examine each day.

I picked "juggle" because I had a lot of disparate pieces of my life to deal with.

I've started thinking about what to pick next.

How about you?

#WordOfTheYear #WOTY

grammargirl, 6 months ago to random

Sure, some people complain about Christmas decorations appearing too soon, but I'm here to complain about word-of-the-year announcements appearing too soon.

Here's Collins Dictionary, first out of the gate, with "AI" as the #WOTY for 2023.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/woty

#WOTY23 #CollinsWOTY