These are all the "words of the year" from 1990 to today
Take a path of on foot with the annual honor of the American dialect company.
The words are fun, finishy and evolving ever scalable. Over time,New words to make a way in common use and the old words takenew meanings. Every year, a term that stands out the most. That's why theAmerican dialect company (ADS), an organization that is "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America and other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it" chooses each year a word or phrase to highlight. This can be important for reasons of political culture or pop; This could be a way to use today or a person who becomes more and more popular. From his inaugural winner in 1990, here are all the publications of the year today. And for more appreciation, here isThe 50 most beautiful words of the English language - and how to use them.
1990:brush
In 1988,George H.W. Bush delivered aspeech At the Republican National Convention in which he told the crowd, "Read my lips: no new taxes." This promise was broken and "bushlips" (as in the bush lips) was heading in the popular language as a means of describing "insincere political rhetoric", according to the ads. They chose it as their word of the year in 1990.
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1991:Mother of all -
The word of the year in 1991 was actually a collection of words that made up what you could consider a prefix for building the momentum. Add "Mother of All" to everything you talk about and this actually immediately the biggest, the biggest or the most impressive of something. To bring the sentence in today's world, theMother of all instagramable cafes is the most deserved social media.
1992:not!
The only time you are likely to hear someone, use the phrase "not!" Nowadays, if they are going to dress like aWAYNE'S WORLDHalloween character. However, in 1992, it was the Word of the Year (with the exclamation mark included for the necessary accently, of course).
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1993:SuperHighway information
In 1993, "SuperHighway of Information" was the term for use in the reference to modern communication methods. And although these days, you could talk about texts or facatots, in 1993, data has been shared mainly via computers, televisions and phones.
1994: cyberandtransform
In 1994, "Cyber" ("on computers and electronic communication") was appointed word of the year - but it was not alone. Ads called tie, also choosing "morph" ("change shape") as one of the main words of these 12 months.
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1995: world Wide Webandtriton
The 1994 tie was the first time the ads chose two terms like the word words of the year, but it was not the last. It can be difficult to imagine life without the Internet today, but in 1995, surfing the "World Wide Web" was always new and thrilling. That's why it was the Word of the Year, as well as "Newt", which refers to the "mak] law of aggressive changes as a newcomer".
1996:mom(as in mom's football)
In 1996, football moms were not just women who took their children to sports practices - they were an entire demographics that was identified as a "newly important type of elector", according to the ads. That's why "Mom", Mom football, has been chosen as the word of the year.
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1997:BUG MILLENNIUM
"Millennium bug" has been widely used to refer to aGLITCH related to technology Costuatus, supposedly threatened to close computers (and handle by computers) if the devices were not able to manage the rare change from the date of 1 January 2000 rolled. Of course, it turned out to be an unjustified anxiety. But fear and phrase - were very real.
1998: The prefixe-
A message from the year in 1998 was not a word at all. It was a part of a word. Or, to be more precise, it was a prefix. Shirt for electronics, "E-" has become the word of the year of the year since it was widely used in terms such as "e-mail" and "e-commerce".
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1999:Y2K
As a world prepared for the new millennium, the term "y2k" (representing the year 2000) has become a rage. The word of the year of 1999 of the year of the year 1999, the term was widely used to refer to theBug Y2K or Y2K Care, which was another name for the Millennium bug.
2000:slat
If you think about "Chad" only as a man's name today, you are not alone. But in 2000, theControversy of presidential elections Conduct to ads by choosing it for the meaning "a small piece of perforated paper of a voting card".
2001:9-11,9/11, WhereSeptember 11th
In 2001, the United States suffered one of the most deadly attacks in its borders on September 11, which was chosen as a word of the year. The case law that is now part of the dark side of the country's history has also become known of 9-11 and 9/11.
2002:weapons of mass destruction
It is certainly a sad situation when "weapons of mass destruction" (or DMA) are chosen as a word of the year. But that was what happened in 2002 when the United States attempted to follow potential chemical and biological weapons as well as nuclear bombs in Iraq.
2003:metrosexual
At the turn of the century, the world was finally ready to recognize and embrace the "metrosexual", a man who cared for his appearance and was advised of style. In 2003, he became the word of the year of the year.
Nearly 15 years later,Telegraphstated that "Metrosexual is dead-And a new type of sensitive man killed him: "The one who appreciates a" greater depth and a meaning "and" place [s] the highest value of the reliability, reliability, honesty and Fidelity ". We can all go behind that, right?
2004:Red / blue / purple states
Political divisions in America are represented by two variable colors, which is why the "red / blue / purple states" were the folk term in 2004 to identify areas that leaned in a certain way. The American corporation of the dialect explains that "the Conservative Republicans [s] liberal republics [S] [s], while those who are undecided are considered violets. Americans are much more used to hear these terms today HUI.
2005:truth
There is the truth and there is then "the truth", which is a term that "refers to the quality of pretense true, but not necessarily or really true according to known facts", according toMerriam Webster. The American corporation of the dialect chose the "truth" as their word of the year in 2005 after its advertisement.Stephen Colbertand his right-right parody showTheCOLBERT REPORT, who launched that year.
2006:ploluish
Pluto has traveled a wild tour over the years in terms of classification. Once considered a planet, it has been demoted when it no longer answered the necessary criteria (something that is alwaysdiscussion) And in 2006, the term "plusé" was the word to use if you wanted to make a comparison between the spacial body and something else that had lost the status or was not valued. Poor Pluto.
2007:subprime
The word "subprime" is quite explicit - it's something that is, well, not exactly the best. With regard to investments, especially real estate, the subprime is what you would call a loan or agreement, that is, Iffy or Risky. And in 2007, buyers, sellers and ownership gateways have all been dealing with theThe Subprime Crisis This hit the United States, so it became the Word of the Year.
2008:rescue
When the government contributes to a faulty business, it's called a rescue. And as you can remember in 2008, the US Congress approved a$ 700 billion lease from Wall Street These dominated titles, from where the ads choose it.
2009:tweet
Twitterlaunched in 2006 and by January 2009, users sentTwo million messages a day on the social media platform. That's why the word top that next year from ads was "Tweet", which can refer to the action of sending text on the platform or the current message itself.
2010:app
aapp Certainly not an unusual thing these days, but in 2010 it was a word that buzzed recently. At the time,Bin zimmer, President of the new Words of the American Dialect, said: "With millions of marketing muscle dollars behind the slogan"There is an application for that, 'The more the arrival of "application stores" for a broad spectrum of operating systems for telephones and computers,app Really exploded. "Where it was the word of the year at the end of a decade and the beginning of a new one.
2011:to occupy
The policy was at the forefront of the conversation in 2011 when "Occupy" was selected as a word of the year. At the time, theOccupy Wall Street protest movement was underway, putting spotlights on financial institutions and economic inequality between the rich rich in the population and the other 99.
2012:hashtag
"Hashtag"-that is represented with the "#" and that Merriam-Webster calls a "Symbol before a word or phrase [that is to say] intended to be used on social media as a way to follow certain terms "-was the word of the year in 2012. Zimmer explained the choice, saying," In the twittersphere and elsewhere,Hashtags have created instant social trends, spreading viral messages of bite size on topics ranging from politics to pop culture. "
2013:because
"Because" is a term that has been chosen as a word of the year due to the fact that people used it in aslightly modified way In 2013. Instead of having to say "because of [insert the reasoning here]", we could now drop the "de". Confused? Here is an example: instead of saying "I'm a eaten apple because I'm hungry" You can say, "I've eaten an apple because hunger." Or, instead of saying, "I need an umbrella because it's raining," you can say, "I need an umbrella because the rain." And if you do not want to explain at all, you can just tell someone you've done something "Because reasons. "
2014:# the lives of blacks count
In 2012, "hashtag" may have been recognized for its importance, but two years later, a hashtag was selected as a word of the year. Due to the increased awareness of the black-tone treatment by the police and the figures of the Authority,# the lives of blacks count "has become a cry and a rally vehicle to express a manifestation" and has been selected as the most important word of the year in 2014.
2015:they or they
"They"Certainly not a new word and is not it a single that recently has become commonly used. However,the path It is used has changed in recent years. Once designed to refer to a group of individuals, it is now away to identify one person which is the kind not compliant or not and chooses not to use specific pronouns.
2016:garbage tipper
Judging by the word of the year of the year, 2016 was 15 difficult months. "Garbage tipper" -Whve refers to "an extremely disastrous or chaotic situation" -was the term that ads have chosen like the one who "represents the best [ED] the public discourse and the concerns of the past year " And while it may have been the word of choice (disastrous) a few years ago, it is stillregularly used today.
2017:false news
At the age of the 24-hour press cycle and long-range social media platforms, it may be difficult to sort the accurate information and what is not. The last years have seen real facts attacked and rejected by some in an effort to deny, confuse or avoid the others. It is therefore not surprising that the term "false news" was considered the word of the year in 2017.
2018:tender
The word of the year for 2018 was the one who derives from a sad reality that manifested himself in the United States. According to the ads, the term "soul shelter / installation / camping / camp" appeared for the first time in June 2018, when it has been reported that infants and young children were detained inSpecial detention centers After being separated from their families who crossed the southern border. "
2019: (my) pronouns
Return to cultural change that prompted the word of the year of 2015, the ads chose "(my) pronouns" as the term defined in 2019. The awareness of divergent sex identities, it became more common than the Individuals from all genders display their pronouns in electronic signatures and bios, as well as to offer them verbally.
"When a fundamental part of speech as pronounce becomes a key indicator of social trends, linguists are watching out," said Zimmer in the announcement announcements. "The selection of '(my) pronouns' As a word of the year talks about how the personal expression of gender identity has become a growing part of our shared speech. " In addition, the singular form of "they" was chosen as a word of the decade.