• Vibe-coding parasocial rage-bait slop — 6-7!
• Dictionary.com’s word of the year? Somehow, it’s ‘6-7’
• ‘6-7’ named word of the year by Dictionary.com, and people are confused
• ‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford University Press word of the year, because apparently anger fuels us
• ‘Slop’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2025
• ‘Parasocial’ is Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year
• Collins Dictionary picked the “brand new word” of vibe-coding, while specifically choosing to veto the almost definitely ephemeral 6-7.
• For their part, the ADS (Ameriican Dialect Society) draws their shortlist from the public via this link, open until midnight on New Year’s Eve. Zimmer said both the link, and the Jan. 9 forum in New Orleans wherein the final winner is chosen, are very much open to the public — and to Canadians.
• Canada’s inaugural WOTY: this year’s “maplewash” — referring to the deceptive practice of making products look more Canadian — which somehow narrowly beat “elbows up.”

Via CBC:

Rage-baiting the slop: Why are the words of the year so weird?

Word of the year are intended to provoke discussion and depict language in motion, linguists say

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/words-of-the-year-9.7021930