Brexit: Collins Word Of The Year 2016

[6Foot2]

Link: Top 10 Collins Words of the Year 2016 - New on the blog - Word Lover's blog - Collins Dictionary

 

'Brexit' has been named Collins Word of the Year 2016 thanks to a dramatic increase in usage. Here's the words that made the top 10 list:

 

BrexitThe withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union...

Edited November 5, 2016 by 6Foot2
Remove unintended clickbait title. With apologies. :)

[Garacesh]

Collins Word Of The Year 2016 Is...

You sure it's not clickbait? Git.

[6Foot2]

Link: Collins - The Collins Word of the years 2017 is...

 

 

[For the removal of doubt: The Collins Word of the years 2017 is 'Fake News']

[unixman_again]

Surely this is 'Fake News' as it is two words

[6Foot2]

Surely this is 'Fake News' as it is two words

@unixman_again: At least one tweeter, and possibly more, agree(s) with you.

 

Link: https://twitter.com/RogerQuimbly/status/926054373846929409

 

Note: At the time of posting there was one NSFW [expletive inclusive] reply.

 

[6Foot2]

Link: Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2018 is... [single-use. It's Single-use]

 

It's two words (hyphenated) again.

 

[Andrew_C]

Word of the year 2016 - Brexit

Word of the year 2019 - Cluster****

[6Foot2]

...Word of the year 2019 - Cluster****

I see your two-word word of the year 2019 is the un-hyphenated form!

 

[Andrew_C]

A portmanteau, two words combined to form a new one?

[6Foot2]

A portmanteau, two words combined to form a new one?

Ah, we come full circle: Brexit is a portmanteau.

 

[Andrew_C]

Ah, we come full circle: Brexit is a portmanteau.

No; Brexit is a ..... Oh alright, I'll quit before the Mods turn op!

[jthompson]

Brexit started off as a playful riff on Grexit. Remember Grexit? Ahh, happier times.

[Andrew_C]

When we could "point and laugh" at a country trying to shoot itself in the foot.

[unixman_again]

Toxic is the latest word of the year. Also on the list as incel, cakeism, techlash and orbiting which I haven't heard of.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/15/word-of-the-year-2018-basically-sums-up-the-mood-of-2018-8141341/

[Garacesh]

Toxic is the latest word of the year. Also on the list as incel, cakeism, techlash and orbiting which I haven't heard of.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/15/word-of-the-year-2018-basically-sums-up-the-mood-of-2018-8141341/

 

B.. D... ENERGY (BDE)

An attitude of understated and casual confidence

 

I have never heard of that in the real-world.

Only ever in gaming circles, where one refers to a well-executed high-risk-high-reward action as 'B. D. Plays'

[jthompson]

These all sound like words that exist primarily on Twitter. I don't use Twitter.

[6Foot2]

Link: Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2020 is...

 

Lockdown.

 

 

There's a surprise!