What the Heck is Word Of The Year?
Self-care, backstop, vegan, glamping, problematic - those are evocative words and they have the power to sum up a whole year. Join us as we delve into a selection of wonderful words of the year from many languages, figure out what “self care” even means, and discuss the ban on plastic straws. Dive into this week's extra long link selection to find out more about the many words of the year we covered from Great Britain, Australia, the USA, Japan (it's a kanji!), France, Portugal, and Germany. (I demonstrated some ignorance about the colours of the Jamaican flag 🇯🇲 and have educated myself since then. There is no red in that flag! My apologies.)Sponsored By:Live Lingua: A Free Skype Class For Everyone! Claim It From Live Lingua TodayLinks:'Single-use' named 2018 word of the year | Books | The Guardian» Nominations for 2017 Word of the Year posted American Dialect SocietyDuden | Wort und Unwort des Jahres in DeutschlandWord of the year (Germany) - WikipediaMacquarie Dictionary 2017 words of the yearLinguee | Dictionary for German, French, Spanish, and moreGoogle's Year in Search - Google TrendsThe Language Show | For language learners, language teachers and everyone who loves languagesMot de l'année 2018Dossier Woorden van het jaar | Genootschap Onze Taal | Onze Taal