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Goblin mode, Vax, Climate emergency: How Oxford picks 'Word of the year'
'Goblin mode', 'Vax', 'Climate Emergency', and 'Toxic' -- these are among the "Oxford Word of the year" chosen in the last five years. Ever wondered, how these words are picked? Casper Grathwohl, President of Oxford Languages, elaborated the process in an interview with PTI from New York. "Each year, a team of lexicographers comes together from Oxford University Press to review the evidence and select the Oxford word of the year. In considering a word as a candidate for the word of the year, we look at various factors and analyse real language data. "Frequency of use is word of the key indicators that a word maybe a good candidate if it has a spike in usage that year, we then look and see what has been happening with that word and why did it experience such increased usage," he said. Grathwohl explained that the final word is chosen from a shortlist of around 30-40 words every year. "Throughout the year, the Oxford University Press is marking candidates they think would make a ...
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Oxford Dictionaries names 'goblin mode' word of the year via online vote
Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase. Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that goblin mode has been selected by online vote as its word of the year. It defines the term as a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations. First seen on Twitter in 2009, goblin mode gained popularity in 2022 as people around the world emerged uncertainly from pandemic lockdowns. Given the year we've just experienced, goblin mode' resonates with all of us who are feeling a little overwhelmed at this point, said Oxford Languages President Casper Grathwohl. The word of the year is intended to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past twelve months. For the first time this year's winning phrase was chosen by public vote, from among three finalists selected by Oxford Languages lexicographers: goblin mode, metaverse and the hashtag IStandWith. Despite being relatively un
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Here's how Oxford zeroes in on its word of the year as people vote for 2022
As OUP leaves the word of the year to a people's vote, here's how the process works
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Word 'Modilie' is fake, doesn't exist in any of our dictionaries: Oxford
On Thursday also, Gandhi targeted the prime minister, claiming even a website now "catalogues the best 'Modilies'"
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Oxford Dictionaries declares 'Nari Shakti' as Hindi word for the year 2018
Oxford had named 'Aadhaar' as its Hindi word for the year 2017
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'Post-truth' named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries
The usage of the word has increased by around 2,000% since last year, the dictionary's research showed
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