Woty
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of word of the year. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Given that recent years' WOTYs include Brexit (Collins English Dictionary, 2016), climate emergency (Oxford Languages, 2019), pandemic (Merriam-Webster, 2020), lockdown (Collins, 2020), doomscrolling (Macquarie Dictionary, 2020) and insurrection (American Dialect Society, 2021), it is perhaps inevitable that we would find ourselves in a "permacrisis" – Collins' pick for 2022."
- 2 Initialism of word of the year. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Nothing in your original post (pasted below) says that the WotY is the "English" Word of the Year. To the contrary, it suggests that it is what the American Dialect Society considers WotY."
Example
More examples"Given that recent years' WOTYs include Brexit (Collins English Dictionary, 2016), climate emergency (Oxford Languages, 2019), pandemic (Merriam-Webster, 2020), lockdown (Collins, 2020), doomscrolling (Macquarie Dictionary, 2020) and insurrection (American Dialect Society, 2021), it is perhaps inevitable that we would find ourselves in a "permacrisis" – Collins' pick for 2022."
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