Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2022

Only a few dictionaries have picked their “word of the year” so far in 2022, but I figured I’d post this list and just add to it.

At the bottom of this post you’ll see my past thirteen annual “word of the year” “Best” lists.

Here’s what I have for this year, so far:

Wordle frustration inspires Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year is from CNN.

Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2022 is from Cambridge.

‘Permacrisis’ is a dictionary’s word of the year in ‘truly awful’ 2022 is from The Washington Post.

Word of the Year 2022 is from MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARIES.

Following a landslide online popular vote, an in-joke that surged to prominence thanks to a satirical tweet beat out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith” as Oxford’s One Word to Rule Them All for 2022. https://t.co/IOjE7vYWmt pic.twitter.com/mvvZsQl20F

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 5, 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary’s 2022 Word of the Year is “goblin mode.” What’s yours?https://t.co/kmYaOji4wi

— NYT Learning Network (@NYTimesLearning) December 12, 2022