Category Archives: Word reference

Word of the year 2025 (Part 2)

Posted on 07.01.2026 by Richard Samson

It has come to my attention that La Vanguardia has been choosing its own “words of the year” in Catalan and Spanish over the past few years. The method of selection is a vote among the newspaper’s editorial staff. The … Continue reading →

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Word of the year 2025

Posted on 10.12.2025 by Richard Samson

It’s that time of year. Dictionary publishers are telling us about the trends they have detected in 2025. In this article we focus on six English picks, and we will also add some Catalan and Spanish selections when they are … Continue reading →

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Word of the year 2024

Posted on 26.11.2024 by Richard Samson

It’s that time of year. Dictionary publishers are telling us about the trends they have detected in 2024. In this article we focus on six English picks, and we will also add some Catalan and Spanish selections when they are … Continue reading →

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Word of the year 2023

Posted on 22.12.2023 by Richard Samson

It’s that time of year. Dictionary publishers are telling us about the trends they have detected in 2023. In this article we focus on six English picks but later on we may open out the article to include items in … Continue reading →

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Word of the year 2022

Posted on 26.11.2022 by Richard Samson

This article, originally published on 26 November, was updated several times in the following weeks as remaining results were announced. The results for English word of the year 2022 are starting to come in. In some cases you can take … Continue reading →

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