SWAP Access to Social Sciences Blog: Word / Phrase of the year

Thursday, 2 November 2017

Word / Phrase of the year

So what is the phrase that made the top of the list as most used in everyday conversation, Twitter feeds etc.? Fidget spinner? Insta? No, it is fake news which will now appear in dictionaries across the land next year.

Former 'winners' noted below!

2016 - Brexit: Noun meaning "the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union".

2015 - Binge-watch: Verb meaning "to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession".

2014 - Photobomb: Verb meaning "spoiling a photograph by stepping in front of them as the photograph is taken, often doing something silly such as making a funny face".

2013 - Geek: Countable noun meaning "someone who is skilled with computers, and who seems more interested in them than in people".

3 comments:

OAP2 November 2017 at 19:08
Oh god fake news included in the Collins dictionary guess who'll take credit for that!
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Rachel B2 November 2017 at 20:04
Is this fake news?
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Mark Hetherington2 November 2017 at 21:21
Ha ha Rachel, I like it! It definitely isn't in this case. Aye, that 'man' will no doubt take the credit Andy, nothing surer, grrrr.
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