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Q71
(CISF/2019)
Miscellaneous & General Knowledge › Important Days, Places & Events
Which one of the following is declared the "Word of the Year' for 2018 by the Oxford Dictionary?
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Oxford Dictionaries declared "Toxic" as the Word of the Year for 2018. The word was chosen because it captured the ethos, mood, and preoccupations of that year. According to Oxford, the data showed a 45% increase in lookups for the word on their website.
The term was used in a wide variety of contexts throughout 2018, including environmental issues (toxic chemicals, toxic air), social movements (toxic masculinity), and political discourse (toxic environment, toxic rhetoric). Other options listed were winners in previous years:
- Post-truth was the Word of the Year in 2016.
- Youthquake was the Word of the Year in 2017.
- Vape was the Word of the Year in 2014.
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