Witerati: New Year Resolves, se-rizz-ly!
11 months, 1 week ago

Witerati: New Year Resolves, se-rizz-ly!

Hindustan Times  

Every time when a year rings out and a new one rings in, one is driven to keep a tryst with that thing one hasn’t touched through the year — Dictionary. The Oxford dictionary Shortlist might set the mood for 2024. Credit it on vocabulary builders like Oxford Dictionary which comes out with its Shortlist for Word of the Year. The Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year 2023 had its day out closer home when yesteryear Bollywood diva, “Zeenie baby” put out a social media post, penning an ode to her late co-star Feroz Khan. It may thus be a good idea for New Year Resolutions Lists to script the Oxford Dictionary shortlisted favourite “Deinfluencing” into our daily vocabulary.

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Oxford University Press has selected its word of the year. Here’s what it says defined 2024
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Oxford University Press has selected its word of the year. Here’s what it says defined 2024

Associated Press  

LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “Brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new prominence in 2024,” with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before. Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or …

Has 2024 been brat? Maybe it was more demure, or did your brain rot? Here are all the 'words of the year'
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Has 2024 been brat? Maybe it was more demure, or did your brain rot? Here are all the 'words of the year'

ABC  

From demure to manifest and plenty of enshittification, 2024 had it all, it seems. 'Brat' Let's start with "brat" — the Collins Dictionary Word of the Year for 2024. 'Enshittification' Moving away from brat and straight over to "enshittification", which was Macquarie Dictionary's 2024 Word of the Year. Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' its 2024 Word of the Year Photo shows …

Demure, manifest, enshittification: How every 2024 ‘Word of the Year’ has been yassified by Gen Z
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Demure, manifest, enshittification: How every 2024 ‘Word of the Year’ has been yassified by Gen Z

Hindustan Times  

As 2024 progresses, it’s impossible to ignore the growing influence of Gen Z on language and culture. Dictionary.com's Word of The Year — Demure One of the standout words of 2024, according to Dictionary.com, is “demure”. Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year — Manifest Similarly, in a striking shift from past years, Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024 …

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