Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' as 2024 Word of the Year. But what does it mean?
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Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' as 2024 Word of the Year. But what does it mean?

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"Enshittification" — the gradual deterioration of a service of product — has been named the 2024 Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary. Last year, "cozzie livs" — a light-hearted play on the term "cost of living" — was named the Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary. The Australian National Dictionary Centre, based at the Australian National University, picked the word 'Colesworth' as its 2024 Word of the Year. 'Colesworth', referring to the perceived duopoly of supermarket retailers Coles and Woolworths, is the Australian National Dictionary Centre's 2024 Word of the Year.

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Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary picks ‘enshittification’ as word of 2024
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Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary picks ‘enshittification’ as word of 2024

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Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024. “This word captures what many of us feel is happening to the world and to so many aspects of our lives at the moment,” the dictionary’s judging committee said in a statement …

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