What was the 2009 word of the year?

unfriend
Oxford declared “unfriend” as its 2009 Word of the Year because of its “currency and potential longevity” according to Christine Lindberg, Senior Lexicographer for Oxford’s US dictionary program.

What is the Oxford word of 2020?

2020: Covid, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What is the Oxford word of the year 2022?

anti-vaxxer n. A person who is opposed to vaccination.

What word has the most Z’s?

zenzizenzizenzic
As well as being a mathematical oddity, it survives as a linguistic oddity: zenzizenzizenzic has more Zs than any other word in the OED.

What words were popular in 2009?

“King of Pop” is Top Phrase; “Obama” is top name

Twittered was followed by Obama, H1N1, Stimulus, and Vampire. The near-ubiquitous suffix, 2.0, was No. 6, with Deficit, Hadron the object of study of CERN’s new atom smasher, Healthcare, and Transparency rounded out the Top 10.

What was the word of the year in 2008?

The 2008 Word of the Year is (drum-roll please)… hypermiling.

What was the word of the year in 2010?

2010 Word of the Year – Austerity

For 2010, the Word of the Year was austerity, a term used both in the context of government spending during the recovery and in the context of household budgets under the strain of unemployment and underemployment.

What was the word of the year in 2007?

Oxford Word Of The Year 2007: Locavore.

What was the most popular word in 2012?

2012 — hashtag

Twitter was created in 2006, but it wasn’t until 2012 that the word “hashtag” exploded in popularity.

What was 2011 word of the year?

occupy”
HILTON PORTLAND-JAN. 6 — In its 22nd annual words of the year vote, with record attendance, the American Dialect Society voted “occupy” (verb, noun, and combining form referring to the Occupy protest movement) as the word of the year for 2011.