emilymbender, 4 months ago to random

Great metaphor by Dr. Kelly Wright in this NYT writeup of #woty2023

(The red carpet event of #LSA2024!)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/crosswords/linguistics-word-of-the-year.html

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

_dmh, 4 months ago to random

#WOTY2023 is #enshittification! Congrats @pluralistic

https://americandialect.org/2023-word-of-the-year-is-enshittification/

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

I missed this one: It looks like "(derogatory) post-inserted adjectival aside" won Informal Word of the Year. #WOTY2023

I think it was a last-minute addition because it's not on the published nominees list, and I know they sometimes add nominees at the event.

Gretchen McCulloch has a photo of the list that was projected in the voting room:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/feed/with-friends

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "enshittification" is the Overall Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibpginwtc24

fromjason, 4 months ago to random

Jon Bakos live posting winners of Words of the Year from the American Dialect Society.

Here are a few winners:

Digital word of the year: Enshittification

AI-Related woty: Stochastic Parrot (yay Timnet Gebru)

Political woty: 🍉 (Palestinian solidarity)

Most useful woty: (derogatory) (a personal fav.)

#woty2023 https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

Ooh, they chose an emoji!

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, 🍉 (to show Palestinian solidarity) is the Political Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibo2vfqnc2i

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "enshittification" is the Digital Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023 (I know a lot of you will like that one!)

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibnm4ulos25

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "let (someone) cook" is the Informal Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023 (Apparently it was a close vote.)

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibnegckak2x

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "FAFO" is the Acronym/Initialism of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibn23wkjs2k

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "Stochastic Parrot" is AI-Related Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibmrrhq522h

See the definition here: https://americandialect.org/nominations-for-words-of-the-year-2023/

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "Kenaissance," is the Most Creative Word of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibmfg7b5s2x

See the definition here: https://americandialect.org/nominations-for-words-of-the-year-2023/

grammargirl, 4 months ago to random

According to Jon Bakos on Bluesky, "Structurally Restrictive Housing" is Euphemism of the Year in the American Dialect Society voting. #Woty2023

https://bsky.app/profile/jonbakos.bsky.social/post/3kibm6pyxbc2n

grammargirl, 5 months ago to random

@jesszafarris and I just recorded a word-of-the-year episode for the Grammar Girl podcast. It won't come out until 12/28, so I hope you're all finished with your cool #woty2023 announcements!

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

grammargirl, 5 months ago to ai

"AI" continues to dominate word-of-the-year choices.

Dictionary.com just chose "hallucinate," and The Economist recently chose "ChatGPT."

https://content.dictionary.com/word-of-the-year-2023/

https://archive.is/KvFxc#selection-1159.22-1191.144

#AI #ChatGPT #WOTY2023 #hallucinations