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Brexit and Trump Decide Oxford Dictionaries’ 2016 ‘Word of the Year’

“Objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Yup, that pretty much sums up 2016. This notion is what led to the year’s two biggest political events, Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, and also crowned Oxford Dictionaries’ 2016 ‘Word of the

Oxford Dictionary’s ‘Word of the Year’ Isn’t Even a Word

Yesterday, Oxford Dictionaries announced their 2015 Word of the Year, which recognizes an arrangement of letters that has most significantly gained linguistic currency over the past 12 months. That word is… not a word at all. It’s an emoji: Yes, that one, specifically – the most used emoji globally (20% of all the