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The American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of language in North America. Linguists, lexicographers, educators, students, enthusiasts, and more. https://americandialect.org/
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Show PostOther @americandialect.org Word of the Year winners: INFORMAL WORD OF THE YEAR: 6-7: interjection containing little semantic content, originating from "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla MOST CREATIVE WORD OF THE YEAR: reheat nachos, v: redo something (as music), often in an inferior fashion
Show PostOther @americandialect.org Word of the Year winners: MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED: chopped, adj: ugly, undesirable POLITICAL WORD OF THE YEAR: icy conditions, n: coded phrase alerting that ICE has been spotted in a neighborhood
Show PostOther @americandialect.org Word of the Year winners: MOST USEFUL: "that's AI": statement of distrust when determining that something presented as real (as an image) is in fact Al-generated (104)
Show PostThe American Dialect Society's Word of the Year is SLOP! “Slop isn’t a new word. It has moved from the pig sty, to the algorithm, and now forms newcompounds such as sloppunk, slopification, and friend slop,” Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright said. “This productivity has no end in sight.” 🧵
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