The Guardian view on ‘words of the year’: lexical snapshots of a moment in time | Editorial
It started with “chav” and has included “carbon footprint”, “omnishambles” and “selfie”. The Oxford word of the year campaign celebrates 20 years of selecting the word – or sometimes two words – that in some way sums up the moment. This year’s winner, decided by public vote, will be announcedContinue Reading