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2025 Wordorigins Words of the Year (WOTY) (paid)

  • Dave Wilton

Dave Wilton

16 Dec 2025 • 8 min read
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A stylized “2025” with the zero being a treasure chest with gold, while a young woman, dressed as a witch, and a cat look on

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Advertisement for the 1929 film The Sophomore featuring a picture of a young man and woman sharing a soda through two straws
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sophism / sophomore / sophomoric (paid)

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Stylized image of a nightclub with the words “Wordorigins After Dark”
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polysaturation / polysaturated

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Painting of an enraptured audience watching a play where a body lies on the stage, a woman weeps, and a man points accusingly

hokum

1 May 2026 Hokum is a slang term with two main senses. One is something that is overly sentimental or melodramatic; the other is nonsense, something that is false. Like most slang terms, its origin is a bit mysterious, but the most likely explanation is that it is a blend
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