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The rise of enshittification: officially the word of the year

Rawdogging came a close second

Editor's take: Remember when today's technology was new and exciting and everyone was talking about how great the internet was, or Facebook, or Twitter? Things aren't so rosy now. And while that may sound like an Abe Simpson-like rant, it's easy to understand why "enshittification" has been crowned word of the year.

Full story By Rob Thubron, November 27, 2024, 5:19 AM

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"AI" crowned as Collins Dictionary's word of the year for 2023

"Greedflation" was one of the contenders

By Rob Thubron, November 1, 2023, 10:57 AM

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Merriam-Webster adds metaverse, sus and hundreds of other modern words and phrases to its dictionary

Laggy and pwn have been in heavy rotation for years

By Shawn Knight, September 9, 2022, 9:48 AM

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A sign of the times: Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is an emoji

By Shawn Knight, November 17, 2015, 3:45 PM

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Word nerd holy grail adds 500 new terms including 'photobomb' and 'sexting'

By Shawn Knight, June 26, 2015, 3:30 PM 7 comments