Nominations for the American Dialect Society words of the year can be submitted all year long to woty@americandialect.org. All previous winners are listed here.

• 2024 Word of the Year Is “Rawdog” January 10, 2025
• Nominations for Words of the Year 2024 January 10, 2025
• Submit Your 2024 Words-of-the-Year Nominations October 18, 2024
• 2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification” January 5, 2024
• Nominations for Words of the Year 2023 January 5, 2024
• Nominate the 2023 Words of the Year September 22, 2023
• 2022 Word of the Year is “-ussy” January 6, 2023
• Nominations for Words of the Year 2022 January 6, 2023
• Now Accepting Nominations for 2022 Word of the Year December 9, 2022
• 2021 Word of the Year is “Insurrection” January 7, 2022
• Nominations for Words of the Year 2021 January 7, 2022
• Now Accepting 2021 Words-of-the-Year Nominations December 22, 2021
• 2020 Word of the Year is “Covid” December 17, 2020
• Nominations for Words of the Year 2020 December 17, 2020
• Register for the free 2020 Virtual Word-of-the-Year Livestream Vote November 17, 2020
• 2019 Word of the Year is “(My) Pronouns,” Word of the Decade is Singular “They” January 3, 2020
• Nominations for Words of the Year 2019 and Words of the Decade 2010-2019 January 3, 2020
• Schedule for Annual Conference in New Orleans, Jan. 2–5, 2020 November 24, 2019
• “Tender-age shelter” is 2018 American Dialect Society word of the year January 4, 2019
• Nominations for 2018 Word of the Year posted January 4, 2019
• Call for Papers for 2019 American Dialect Society Annual Meeting in New York City, January 3-6 April 19, 2018
• “Fake news” is 2017 American Dialect Society word of the year January 5, 2018
• Nominations for 2017 Word of the Year posted January 5, 2018
• Nominations now being accepted for 2017 words of the year December 20, 2017
• “Dumpster fire” is 2016 American Dialect Society word of the year January 6, 2017
• Nominations for 2016 Word of the Year posted January 6, 2017
• Nominations now being accepted for 2016 words of the year December 12, 2016
• 2015 Word of the Year is singular “they” January 8, 2016
• Nominations for 2015 Word of the Year posted January 8, 2016
• The 2015 word-of-the-year candidates so far… December 29, 2015
• 2014 Word of the Year is “#blacklivesmatter” January 9, 2015
• UPDATED Schedule for Annual Meeting in Portland, Ore., Jan. 8-11, 2015 January 9, 2015
• Nominations for 2014 Word of the Year posted January 9, 2015
• “Because” is the 2013 Word of the Year January 3, 2014
• Nominations for 2013 Word of the Year posted January 2, 2014
• 2013 Word of the Year Candidates December 28, 2013
• “Hashtag” is the 2012 Word of the Year January 4, 2013
• Nominations for 2012 Word of the Year posted January 3, 2013
• UPDATED: Schedule of the 2013 American Dialect Society Annual Meeting in Boston January 3, 2013
• What’s Your 2012 Word of the Year? December 14, 2012
• “Occupy” is the 2011 Word of the Year January 6, 2012
• Nominations for 2011 word of the year posted January 5, 2012
• Fodder for the 2011 Words of the Year Vote January 4, 2012
• Schedule and Abstracts for 2012 Annual Meeting in Portland (Updated) December 6, 2011
• What’s Your Word of the Year? November 30, 2011
• Call for papers: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2012, Portland April 27, 2011
• “App” voted 2010 word of the year by the American Dialect Society (UPDATED) January 8, 2011
• Nominations for 2010 word of the year posted January 7, 2011
• UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8 January 3, 2011
• Now accepting nominations for the 2010 word of the year December 20, 2010
• UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8 November 3, 2010
• 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google” January 8, 2010
• Word of the year 2009 and word of the decade 2000-2009 nominations finalized; voting January 8 January 7, 2010
• Early nominations received for the 2009 word of the year vote December 21, 2009
• Now accepting nominations for the 2009 “word of the year” and the 2000-9 “word of the decade” November 15, 2009
• American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2010 Baltimore, January 7–9 (UPDATED) November 10, 2009
• Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009 January 16, 2009
• American Dialect Society 2008 Word of the Year is “Bailout” January 9, 2009
• UPDATED: Early nominations for the grandaddy of all 2008 word-of-the-year votes are released December 29, 2008
• American Dialect Society seeks 2008 word-of-the-year nominations November 20, 2008
• “Subprime” voted 2007 word of the year January 4, 2008
• 2007 words of the year nominations posted January 3, 2008
• Early Word of the Year Nominations for 2007 December 18, 2007
• Nominate your 2007 words of the year November 17, 2007
• “Plutoed” Voted 2006 Word of the Year January 5, 2007
• 2006 Words of the Year Nominations Are Complete; Voting Fri., Jan. 5 January 5, 2007
• More word-of-the-year nominations January 3, 2007
• Word of the Year Nominations Being Accepted December 24, 2006
• Words of the Year Nominating Commences December 13, 2006
• Updated Program and Sked for 2007 Conference December 11, 2006
• Truthiness Voted 2005 Word of the Year January 6, 2006
• 2005 Word of the Year Nominations January 6, 2006
• Words of the Year 2005 Preview December 21, 2005
• 2004 Words of the Year January 7, 2005
• 2004 Words of the Year Nominations Received December 28, 2004
• 2004 Words of the Year Vote scheduled December 27, 2004
• 2003 Words of the Year January 13, 2004
• 2002 Words of the Year January 13, 2003
• 2001 Words of the Year January 13, 2002
• 2001 Words of the Year Vote Anticipated December 19, 2001
• 2000 Words of the Year January 13, 2001
• 1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the Millennium January 13, 2000
• 1998 Words of the Year January 13, 1999