6Foot2 Posted November 3, 2016 Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) 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. :) 1
Garacesh Posted November 4, 2016 Posted November 4, 2016 Collins Word Of The Year 2016 Is... You sure it's not clickbait? Git. 1
6Foot2 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Posted November 2, 2017 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 Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Surely this is 'Fake News' as it is two words
6Foot2 Posted November 2, 2017 Author Posted November 2, 2017 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. 1
6Foot2 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Posted November 7, 2018 Link: Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2018 is... [single-use. It's Single-use] It's two words (hyphenated) again.
Andrew_C Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 Word of the year 2016 - Brexit Word of the year 2019 - Cluster****
6Foot2 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Posted November 7, 2018 ...Word of the year 2019 - Cluster**** I see your two-word word of the year 2019 is the un-hyphenated form!
Andrew_C Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 A portmanteau, two words combined to form a new one?
6Foot2 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Posted November 7, 2018 A portmanteau, two words combined to form a new one? Ah, we come full circle: Brexit is a portmanteau.
Andrew_C Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 Ah, we come full circle: Brexit is a portmanteau.No; Brexit is a ..... Oh alright, I'll quit before the Mods turn op!
jthompson Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 Brexit started off as a playful riff on Grexit. Remember Grexit? Ahh, happier times.
Andrew_C Posted November 7, 2018 Posted November 7, 2018 When we could "point and laugh" at a country trying to shoot itself in the foot.
unixman_again Posted November 15, 2018 Posted November 15, 2018 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 Posted November 15, 2018 Posted November 15, 2018 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 Posted November 15, 2018 Posted November 15, 2018 These all sound like words that exist primarily on Twitter. I don't use Twitter.
6Foot2 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Posted November 10, 2020 Link: Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2020 is... Lockdown. There's a surprise!
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