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The Word of the Year (WOTY) shortlist is no less interesting than the winner of them all. Especially this year, since the terms shortlisted are all related to permacrisis, the Collins WOTY selected for 2022.
Below, the shortlist of the 9 words that competed with permacrisis, together with the Collins animated gif files and jpeg stills, illustrating each of them. The list includes 5 additional neologisms, added to the Collins Dictionary in 2022: partygate, lawfare, warm bank, quiet quitting and splooting.
- partygate: [noun, informal]
- carolean: [adjective; origin from the Latin Carolus meaning Charles]
- Kiev: [noun]
- lawfare: [noun]
- quiet quitting: [noun, informal]
- splooting: [noun, slang]
- sportwashing: [noun, informal]
- vibe shift: [noun, slang]
warm bank: [noun]
References
The Collins Word of the Year is…
Shariatmadari, D. (Nov. 1, 2022). A year of permacrisis - Collins – Language Lovers Blog.
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