Talk:Word of the year/Archive 1

ADS and M-W
is there a distinction between the ADS word of the year and the Merriam-Webster pick? riffic (talk) 04:45, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there appears to be two different lists, as ADS and M-W are separate entities. Maybe we need two lists? CaptPicard (talk) 07:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposed
Which is completey pointless. I propose a merge of List of Merriam–Webster's Words of the Year into this page, as a subsection of the US section. Every other article on this meta-topic has already merged here; that should simply be a subsection. And, really, no one is ever going to find that other article at that article name other than from the link at this merge-target article anyway. Simply divide the US section into ADS and W-M subsections. The merged article will be well under article size limits, and the resulting article will consolidate the entire concept (for en.wp-related purposes) in one place. —  SMcCandlish  &#91;talk&#93; &#91;cont&#93; ‹(-¿-)› 16:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

They are too long to merge. There is nothing wrong with having subarticles or sublists with a summary in the parent article.Yobmod (talk) 17:18, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't think that a merge is necessary. The Merriam-Webster list is already large and notable enough for it to stand alone.--Dem393 (talk) 00:50, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * No consensus exists for a merge. I'll be taking down those tags. Gobonobo  T C 06:12, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

OED
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/us-word-of-the-year-2012/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.6.127 (talk) 22:15, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

See also:

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/tag/word-of-the-year/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.6.127 (talk) 22:21, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Where is there a mention of the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) word of the year? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.6.127 (talk) 21:58, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

American Dialect Society - 2014 entry
The American Dialect Society entry for 2014 reads, "2014: #blacklivesmatter: hashtag used as protest over blacks killed at the hands of police (esp. Trayvon Martin in Sanford..."

Trayvon Martin wasn't killed by police. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisisfutile (talk • contribs) 13:55, 22 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Thisisfutile, I have revised to follow the source, which does not mention Trayvon Martin. John M Baker (talk) 16:10, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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ADS
The section has no sourcing for words before 1998, in any apparent case.--76.210.190.130 (talk) 10:48, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
 * For anyone who wants to fix this, sources are available here. John M Baker (talk) 01:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

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Collins English Dictionary
Hi all. I just added new information in this section. In the table, I think that the "words of the year" shouldn't be linked to an external page. People can go to an external page by clicking in the references. Maybe it would make more sense to insert wikilinks instead. Any thoughts? --BooksandRiddles (talk) 16:08, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Global Language Monitor
Hi all. I analysed the Global Language Monitor section and it needs to be improved. The tables are a little bit disorganised so, I was thinking to make a new one that can be simpler and easier to understand. I don't think there is a need of having three different tables. I propose to make one table that includes the Top Words, Top Phrases, and Top Names. Any suggestions or comments? --BooksandRiddles (talk) 14:39, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Request an Edit
Hi. I work with Dictionary.com and I am requesting an edit to this page. I'm using this tool because as an employee of Dictionary.com I am in a COI situation for Wikipedia editing. Your help is greatly appreciated.

requested edit Dictionary.com would like to request adding a section to this page for its word of the year feature.

reason for request In 2010, Dictionary.com began selecting a word of the year, and has become a popular feature of the culture around language. It has received extensive press coverage, and does so each year from sources ranging from CNN, CBS, NY Daily News, the Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, etc.

2600:1700:697D:10D0:2009:FA6E:E8FD:D9C1 (talk) 22:14, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Reply 05-DEC-2019
Regards, Spintendo  09:19, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The requested prose makes a claim regarding the popularity of a "feature of the culture around language" which is unverifiable. The claim itself has also been proposed without supplying verifying references.

Thank you User:Spintendo for your feedback. As a newer editor, it is helpful to learn that I need to be very specific with my requests and language. I do know that this type of language "feature of the culture around language" is not acceptable in Wikipedia, and had not intended that it would be part of the article. My reason for wanting to include Dictionary.com on this page is that it has become known over the last 10 years for its choosing a word of the year (again, this is not language for the article.)

It appears to get at least as much, if not more press coverage each year than some of the other entities on this page. It seems the page would be improved/updated by listing Dictionary.com as a Word of the year source organization. I have included several example article links here for your notability review. I look forward to your thoughts and to further discussing this with you. Thank you

2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/us/word-of-the-year-dictionary-2019-trnd/index.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/dictionarycom-names-existential-2019-word-of-the-year https://www.cbsnews.com/news/word-of-the-year-existential-is-the-word-of-the-year-dictionary-dot-com/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/existential-is-the-dumpster-fire-of-2019-like-literally https://mashable.com/article/dictionary-com-word-of-the-year-2019-existential/

2018 https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-misinformation-20181127-story.html https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/toxic-and-misinformation-are-words-of-the-year-and-thats-a-healthy-truth

2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/11/27/complicit-is-the-2017-word-of-the-year-according-to-dictionary-com/ https://www.npr.org/2017/11/30/567572975/why-one-dictionary-made-complicit-its-word-of-the-year

2010-2016 https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/world/words-year-dictionary-com-trnd/index.html DefneKOz (talk) 22:36, 11 December 2019 (UTC)