They named the word of the year 2019 [Merriam Webster]

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Link: Word of the Year: They

 

Our Word of the Year for 2019 is they. It reflects a surprising fact: even a basic term—a personal pronoun—can rise to the top of our data. Although our lookups are often driven by events in the news, the dictionary is also a primary resource for information about language itself, and the shifting use of they has been the subject of increasing study and commentary in recent years. Lookups for they increased by 313% in 2019 over the previous year...

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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year 2020:

 

Sometimes a single word defines an era, and it’s fitting that in this exceptional—and exceptionally difficult—year, a single word came immediately to the fore as we examined the data that determines what our Word of the Year will be.

 

Based upon a statistical analysis of words that are looked up in extremely high numbers in our online dictionary while also showing a significant year-over-year increase in traffic, Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2020 is pandemic...

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Link: Word of the Year 2022 | Gaslighting | Merriam-Webster

 

'Gaslighting,' plus 'sentient,' 'omicron,' 'queen consort,' and other top lookups of 2022...