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Slop, vibe coding and glazing: AI dominates 2025’s words of the year

For us linguists, the flurry of “word of the year” announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as anticipated as mince pies. The words of the year aren’t just a fun peek into new slang and language changes, they also tell us quite a bit about the worries,…

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If you think 2025 couldn't get worse, Collins Dictionary awards 'vibe coding' the word of the year

And I'm here to say 'Um, actually'.

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Who’s Behind This: How Did We Enter The World Of Fake News?

In 2017, “fake news” was labeled “Word of the Year” by Collins Dictionary. Since then, you’d be hard-pressed to scroll through any media site or...

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'Vibe coding' named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary

“Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using AI, has been named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025.

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What does vibe coding mean? The AI term crowned Collins Word of the Year

The software development term beat ‘glazer’ and ‘HENRY’ to win Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025

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Charli xcx’s Reign Continues As Collins Dictionary Declares ‘Brat’ Word Of The Year

Brat summer lives on as the 'brat' becomes Collins Dictionary 2024 word of the year. Find what words lost out to queen Charli's reign.

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Collins Dictionary names 'brat' word of the year after Charli XCX redefined the term with her album

Brat has been named as the Collins Dictionary word of the year after Charli XCX experienced huge success with her viral album of the same name.

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Charli XCX-coined phrase named Word of the Year 2024

Brat has been redefined this year as being ‘characterised by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude’.

The Independent UK

Brat, championed by Charlie XCX, named Word of the Year 2024

Brat has been redefined this year as being ‘characterised by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude’

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Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ crowned word of the year by Collins dictionary

Collins dictionary said the phrase had become ‘one of the most talked about words of 2024’

The Independent UK

Collins Dictionary names AI as word of the year

Other words getting more mentions include ‘nepo baby’ and ‘debanking’

The Independent UK

AI named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary

Other words getting more mentions include nepo baby and debanking.

The Independent UK

'Polycrisis' may be a buzzword, but it could help us tackle the world's woes

Commentators increasingly warn that the world is tightly bound in a “polycrisis,” a tangled knot of crises spanning global systems. But if we have any hope of escaping it, we must think more carefully about what polycrisis really means.

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Permacrisis: what it means and why it's word of the year for 2022

The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis”. As accolades go, the managing director of Collins Learning, Alex Beecroft, has said that this one “sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”.

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Word of the year is hardly comforting

The most noteworthy news of the week is that Collins Dictionary came out with what it regards are the top 10 words of the year, saying they reflect the state of the world at the moment. It does not make happy reading.

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'Permacrisis' picked as Britain's word of the year to mark dismal 2022

Beating off competition from the likes of "Kyiv", "sportswashing" and "partygate", the term "permacrisis" was this week named Britain's word of the year in recognition of a dismal 2022. Collins Dictionary defines the word as "an extended period of instability and insecurity".

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'Permacrisis' named word of the year and everyone is making the same joke

Collins Dictionary has announced its word of the year 2022, and it is bad news for the UK - something people were quick to pick up on when reacting to the news online

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What does permacrisis mean? Collins Dictionary word of the year chosen for 2022

Permacrisis is one of six terms on the Collins list which are new to CollinsDictionary.com

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Permacrisis is Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year 2022

The word 'Permacrisis' which is described as “an extended period of instability and insecurity” by Collins Dictionary, has been picked as the Collins Word of the Year for 2022. The reason: permacrisis aptly sums up how awful 2022 has been for many people across the world-- be it the Ukraine-Russia…

The Independent UK

Collins Dictionary names ‘permacrisis’ its 2022 word of the year

The word sums up ‘just how truly awful 2022 has been’

The Guardian - UK

‘Sums up 2022’: Permacrisis chosen as Collins word of the year

Dictionary defines word as ‘extended period of instability and insecurity’, with Partygate, Kyiv and ‘warm bank’ also making list

The Independent UK

Collins Dictionary names ‘permacrisis’ its word of the year for 2022

Collins’ annual 10-strong list also includes ‘partygate’, ‘Kyiv’ and ‘quiet quitting’.

Evening Standard

What does far-right mean in politics? Giorgia Meloni set to win Italy election

The Brothers of Italy party would be Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II

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