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    Now Accepting 2021 Words-of-the-Year Nominations

    December 22, 2021

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    Grant Barrett

    The New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society is now accepting words-of-the-year nominations for 2021. Nominations can be sent by email to woty@americandialect.org or @americandialect on Twitter. Since 1990, the society has selected words of the year to highlight…

    Read more: Now Accepting 2021 Words-of-the-Year Nominations
  • Words of the Year

    2020 Word of the Year is “Covid”

    December 17, 2020

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    Grant Barrett

    In a selection that was held virtually for the first time ever, “Covid” was chosen as Word of the Year (2020) by the American Dialect Society in its annual vote. It was the 30th anniversary of the society’s original Word…

    Read more: 2020 Word of the Year is “Covid”
  • Words of the Year

    Nominations for Words of the Year 2020

    December 17, 2020

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    Grant Barrett

    Nominations for Words of the Year 2020 follow below. The final selection will be held at 7 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 17th in a virtual livestream vote. American Dialect Society Words of the Year (2020) NOMINATIONS to be voted…

    Read more: Nominations for Words of the Year 2020


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The mission of the American Dialect Society, a not-for-profit organization, is to encourage the study of any aspect of all languages and dialects used or found in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare.

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