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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jenny Garnsworthy

UNCOVERED: Collins dictionary crowns ai buzz term word of the year - The Untold Story

"Vibe coding", an innovative software development method that translates natural language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been crowned Collins’ Word of the Year for 2025.

Lexicographers at Collins Dictionary, who meticulously monitor their 24 billion-word Corpus drawing from diverse media and social platforms, selected the term after observing a significant surge in its usage since February.

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