Word Of The Year
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What’s real and isn’t? Merriam-Webster’s word of the year authentic reflects it’s difficult to tell
What is authentic? No one really knows and generative artificial intelligence is making it even more difficult to tell.
Roger J Kreuz, The Conversation
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‘Samvidhaan’, or Constitution, is Oxford’s Hindi Word of the Year for 2019
During the year, the Indian Constitution ‘in a way, truly became a people’s document, given to the people by the people’, said Oxford University Press.
Scroll Staff
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The phrase ‘Naya Pakistan’ has existed since 2013 – now, it’s a movement, a dream, an insult
Almost a household phrase, ‘Naya Pakistan’ doesn’t simply mean a new Pakistan. It’s got much deeper, rather circumstantial connotations.
Anam Hussain, Dawn.com
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
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Aadhaar is Oxford Dictionaries’ Hindi Word of the Year for 2017
‘Mitron’, ‘notebandi’ and ‘gau rakshak’ were also considered.
Scroll Staff
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‘Complicit’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year
The first time searches for the word spiked this year was when actor Scarlett Johansson used it while seeming to mock Ivanka Trump in an advertisement.
Scroll Staff
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The world’s words of the year show us how dark and surreal 2016 has been
All over the world, people are trying to boil down their experiences of 2016 into a single word. The results speak for themselves.
Philip Seargeant, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Brexit is the word of the year after a 3,400% surge in its usage: Collins Dictionary
Nine other new words that were added are 'Trumpism', 'sharenting' and 'mic drop'.
Scroll Staff
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From development to intolerance: The NDA government's journey in two words
If 'development' was the magic word fielded by the BJP in 2014, 'intolerance' was the undoing of that idea.
Ipsita Chakravarty
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Signs of our times: Why emoji can be even more powerful than words
The Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year is causing a bit of a stir – probably because it's not a word at all.
Vyvyan Evans, The Conversation
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success