For the third consecutive year, we are giving word lovers everywhere the opportunity to have their say on the Oxford Word of the Year. Following analy

Voting opens for Oxford Word of the Year 2024

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For the third consecutive year, we are giving word lovers everywhere the opportunity to have their say on the Oxford Word of the Year.

Following analysis of our 25-billion-word corpus of language data, our language experts have compiled this year’s shortlist to reflect some of the moods and conversations that have shaped 2024. Once again, we’re inviting the public to help us select the Word of the Year by voting for their favourite word.

Encapsulating themes from finances to fantasy, and the evolving impact of technology on society, the six competing words and expressions have seen notable spikes in usage and gained new prominence in 2024.

Voting will close on Thursday 28 November at 3pm GMT / 10am EST. Our experts will then conduct a last detailed analysis, considering corpus data, votes, and public commentary, before naming the definitive Word of the Year 2024 on 2 December.

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