via CNN: 2018 was toxic. That’s the view of the esteemed Oxford Dictionaries, the British publisher that has been defining language — and our times — for over 150 years. It has chosen the word as its annual “Word of the Year,” arguing that it’s “the sheer scope of its application that has made it […]
The ‘selfie’ is ready for its close-up. On Monday evening, Oxford Dictionaries announced that the Internet-born noun is its international Word of the Year, beating out other of-the-moment verbs like binge-watch and twerk. For the uninitiated few, ‘selfie’ officially means “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone […]
