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    How I got brain rot: Listening to podcasts all day

    Aman Khanna
    · Jan 01, 2025 · 10:30 am
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    · Dec 11, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Samvidhaan’, or Constitution, is Oxford’s Hindi Word of the Year for 2019

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    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 28, 2020 · 09:42 pm
  • Editor’s note: The 2018 Word of the Year is ‘justice’ – and that drove much of Scroll.in reportage

    Editor’s note: The 2018 Word of the Year is ‘justice’ – and that drove much of Scroll.in reportage

    Naresh Fernandes
    · Dec 27, 2018 · 08:45 am
  • ‘Youthquake’ is Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year

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    · Dec 15, 2017 · 03:39 pm
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    Feminism is American dictionary Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year

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    · Dec 13, 2017 · 10:51 pm
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    ‘Complicit’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year

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    · Nov 28, 2017 · 09:03 am
  • ‘Fake news’ makes news as Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2017

    ‘Fake news’ makes news as Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2017

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    · Nov 02, 2017 · 10:19 pm
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    · Dec 21, 2016 · 10:30 pm
  • The surprising origins of ‘post-truth’ – and how it was spawned by the liberal left

    The surprising origins of ‘post-truth’ – and how it was spawned by the liberal left

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    · Nov 21, 2016 · 05:30 am
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    Brexit is the word of the year after a 3,400% surge in its usage: Collins Dictionary

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    · Nov 03, 2016 · 03:03 pm
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    Merriam-Webster declares 'ism' its word of the year

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