It’s Word of the Year season, and we’re counting down our Words of the Week of the Year! In the time-honoured tradition, we gathered them all up from our 2025 shows, and let everyone vote. And we’re going to give a mention to everyone else’s words as well. We’re joined by our friends and patrons, so come see them in chat!
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- Start: 0:00
- Intros: 1:31
- Everyone else’s words: 5:57
- Related or Not: 34:34
- Our Words of the Week of the Year: 51:35
- Comments: 1:22:04
- The Reads: 1:26:36
- Outtakes: 1:30:50
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Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year Is…
https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-year-2025/
‘Six-Seven’ Is Six Feet Under: Grown-ups killed it. By Ian Bogost
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/six-seven-meme-over/685231/
‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins Dictionary
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd2y053nleo
Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year for 2025
https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-for-2025/
Why the Economist’s word of the year ‘slop’ is the perfect choice for 2025
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/why-the-economist-s-word-of-the-year-slop-is-the-perfect-choice-for-2025/ar-AA1RRM9K
Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year for 2025: AI slop
https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-for-2025/
And the Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is… rage bait
https://corp.oup.com/word-of-the-year/#2025-winner
‘Parasocial’ is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2025
https://www.cambridge.org/news-and-insights/parasocial-is-cambridge-dictionary-word-of-the-year-2025
[PDF] 2025 Canadian Word of the Year is “Maplewash”
https://www.canadianenglishdictionary.ca/media/2025-cwoty-release.pdf
Putting the Language to Work, Work, Work: Winner Announced for Japan’s 2025 Word of the Year
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c03844/
Character for bear (熊) picked as most symbolic kanji of 2025
https://japantoday.com/category/national/character-for-bear-(熊)-picked-as-most-symbolic-kanji-of-2025
Wörter des Jahres 2025 (KI-Ära)
https://gfds.de/worter-des-jahres-2025/#
‘Das crazy’ is the German Youth Word of the Year 2025
https://www.dw.com/en/das-crazy-is-the-german-youth-word-of-the-year-2025/a-74404721
The Curious History of the Word ‘Gossip’
https://wordhistories.net/2017/02/04/gossip/
Prime Video launches AI-powered Video Recaps to help viewers catch up between seasons
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/ai-plot-summary-video-recaps-prime-video
Consumers don’t like AI, and it’s become a big problem for advertisers | Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-has-marketing-problem-people-dont-like-hearing-about-it-2024-8
Happy Stylish But Illegal Monkey In IKEA Day to all who celebrate!
https://bsky.app/profile/drwambsgans.bsky.social/post/3m7kzil3i6k2f
‘If Not Friend, Why Friend-Shaped?’ A Beary Scientific Investigation
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-are-bears-friend-shaped/
“Temu is evil, but I still use it”: Platform cynicism in platform capitalism
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448251365269
Guugu Yimithirr language | Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language
Guugu Yimithirr (Y82) | AIATSIS
https://aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/Y82
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