It's word of the year season, and the Australian votes are in. The People’s Choice Award goes to share plate. — Alyssa Vingan Klein (@alyssavingan) October 11, 2019 The chosen word for 2019 was a tight finish, but went to cancel culture. How many of these words, shortlisted by The Macquarie Dictionary in its search for the 2019 word of the year, have you used? Committee's Choice. Some of the most salient additions to our dictionary this year were terms inclusive of trans and nonbinary people, such as womxn , an alternative spelling of women used especially to include trans and nonbinary women. All of these words have been a significant part of our discourse over the past year, which has been reflected in this incredibly close race to be awarded the 2019 People's Choice Word of the Year. We are delighted to announce the winning word of the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2015. Take a look back at our Word of the Year selections here. The Oxford Word of the Year is a word or expression shown through usage evidence to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance. Macquarie Dictionary announced yesterday that its 2019 “word of the year” is “cancel culture.” On the surface, this is fine: “Cancel culture” may signify an important trend that existed before this year, but it’s also an important shorthand to describe how the world is currently trying to hold people, from racist pizzamongers to clueless, entitled actors , to some kind of account as a society. In 2018, it picked Me Too, and 2017's word was milkshake duck. The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 is climate emergency. Macquarie Dictionary has chosen 'cancel culture' as the 'Word of the Year' for 2019 - a term to describe a widespread boycotting of a public figure after they've done something to cause offence. In 2018, it picked Me Too, and 2017's word was milkshake duck. — Macquarie Dictionary (@MacqDictionary) December 1, 2019 So far this year, we’ve cancelled people like Israel Folau for his comments against homosexuals. It is not a single word, and you probably first heard it in 2017, but – despite this – "Me Too" has been named Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year for 2018. It's word of the year season, and the Australian votes are in. (If challenged, add) Melbourne had the largest Greek population outside Athens. MACQUARIE DICTIONARY WORD OF THE YEAR 2019 H E A L T H empathy suit noun an outfit designed to simulate some of the physical effects or restrictions experienced by one who is pregnant, aged, obese, etc., the intention being to give the wearer a better understanding of a condition they have not experienced, especially as Cancel culture, the online phenomenon of boycotting public figures who say or do the wrong thing, is the Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year. Existential. "Isn't cancel culture two words?" Macquarie Dictionary, one of two Australian lexicographical entities to pick a word of the year, has revealed its overall choice for 2018's word of the year: me too, in its expanded noun and adjectival senses. How many of these words, shortlisted by The Macquarie Dictionary in its search for the 2019 word of the year, have you used? Every year at Macquarie Dictionary, we gather a few key people together to review all the new words from the previous 12 months, longlist them, narrow them down even further and decide on a single word that represents the year gone by, also known as our Word of the Year.

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