I do an annual “Word of the Year” feature, sharing the choices from various organizations around the world.

Only a few have been chosen so far, but the pace will pick up over the next few weeks and I’ll be adding links to this post.

Before I share this year’s choices, here are my lists from previous years:

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2016

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2015

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2014

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2013

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2012

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2011

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2010

I’m adding this post to All 2017 “Best” Lists – In One Place!

Here’ are this year’s “Words of the Year” picks:

Children’s Word of the Year 2017: trump is from The Oxford Dictionary’s survey of kids in the United Kingdom.

‘Equality’ is Aussie kids’ word of 2017 is from another one of their surveys.

Word of the year 2017: Dictionary.com says ‘complicit’ topped ‘totality’ is from The Guardian.

‘Complicit’ Is The Word Of The Year In 2017, Dictionary.com Says is from NPR.

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017: ‘Feminism’ is from The Associated Press.

‘Youthquake’ Is Oxford’s Word of the Year. Sorry, Broflake. is from The NY Times.

The Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year is a word nobody actually uses is from The Washington Post.

2017: The year Americans couldn’t say Gal Gadot (and a lot of other words) is from CNN.

From feminism to broflake: the words of 2017 is from The Guardian.

University Offers List of Words to Be Banished is from Inside Higher Ed.

Words Of The Year is from The New Yorker.

“Fake news” is 2017 American Dialect Society word of the year

The Most Mispronounced Words Of The Year