And the word of the year is ...
If you had to choose a word that captured the mood of the past year, what would it be?
Several dictionaries have announced their picks for the Word of the Year 2018, and their selections provide a glimpse into the preoccupations of English-speakers.
Oxford Dictionaries chose as the WOTY. It occurred most frequently in the literal , perhaps in response to the poisoning of a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter in March. But it also featured prominently in metaphorical phrases such as , a cultural ideal of manliness that valorizes it as aggressive, competitive, hypersexual, and violent; and , the poisonous atmosphere that can occur in workplaces when people perceive too much toxic masculinity in the air.
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