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Climate Emergency named as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2019
Oxford Dictionaries has named ‘Climate Emergency’ as its 2019 Word of the Year. It has been chosen from an all-environmental shortlist that also included ‘climate denial,’ ‘climate action,’ ‘eco-anxiety,’ ‘flight shame’ and ‘extinction.’ Being chosen as Word of the Year, reflects that ‘Climate Emergency’ was a real preoccupation of the English-speaking world in 2019. As ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • climate emergency • Oxford Corpus • Oxford Dictionary • Word of the year
Merriam-Webster selects ‘Justice’ as its 2018 Word of the Year
Merriam-Webster has declared ‘Justice’ as the 2018 Word Of The Year. As per Merriam-Webster says, the word ‘Justice’ is used in many phrases like racial justice, social justice and obstruction of justice. About Merriam-Webster: Merriam-Webster is a US company famous for its dictionaries and also known for reference books that it publishes. It was founded ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Topics: Justice • Merriam-Webster • Word of the year
Nomophobia declared People’s Word of 2018 by Cambridge Dictionary
The UK’s Cambridge Dictionary has recently declared “Nomophobia”, the word that describes the stress and anxiety caused by being separated from your mobile, as People’s Word of the year 2018. The word is defined as the fear or worry at the idea of being without your mobile phone or unable to use it. Based on ..
Topics: Anxiety • Ecocide • Emotions • Fear • Human behavior • Nomophobia • Psychology • Word of the year • Worry
Word ‘Toxic’ chosen for ‘Word of Year 2018’ by Oxford Dictionaries
The Oxford Dictionaries has been chosen “toxic” as its ‘Word of the Year 2018’. Traditionally, the word “toxic” has been used to describe harmful chemical substances e.g. toxic waste and toxic gas. The dictionary defines “toxic” as “poisonous” with its roots derived from the medieval Latin term “toxicus,” meaning poisoned or imbued with poison. But, ..
Topics: Health • Pharmacology • Poison • Toxic waste • Toxicity • Toxicology • Word of the year
‘Fake news’ word named official word of year 2017 by Collins dictionary
Fake news has been named official word of the year 2017 by Collins dictionary due to its widespread use around the world. The UK-based dictionary writer found that the use of this word registered a 365% rise in the last 12 months. The term-was defined as false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of ..
Topics: Critical thinking • Dictionary • Fake news • Fidget • Human behavior • Lexicography • Spinner • Toys • Word of the year