Delivery shame and looting teenager: these are the nominees for word of the year
Words are crazy. Language is confusing. Sentences are strange. Actually, language is just like fashion, you have trends. Trends that come back, words that die out like forgotten vegetables, and other phrases and cool little words that suddenly become booming. Like the phrase ‘are you feeling good’. Personally, I felt pretty good about it, but May felt a bit less good about it. Oh and: saying ‘you know’ for everything. Another thing. You know? Well. Van Dale keeps a close eye on language trends and this year a few new linguistic gems have been discovered again. The nominees for word of the year 2019? Behold and shudder.
- delivery shame
- boomer
- sparkling region
- diversity leave
- ecopopulism
- foe conversation
- climate truant
- climate nagger
- life course stress
- air refugee
- zero interestocene
- looting teenager
- stable guerrilla
- plug subsidy
- horn wedding parade
- moving house
- meat remorse
- wobbly pension
- wind terror
Have you also spontaneously experienced meat remorse, delivery shame (YES!) and life course stress? I understand. Voting for the word of the year can here by the way. I feel pretty good about it. You know?
