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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CEC on Modi’s anti-Muslim speeches: ‘We decided not to touch top two leaders of BJP and Congress’
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Provide horizontal reservations to transgender persons: Madras HC tells Tamil Nadu government
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Pronatalism: What Silicon Valley’s latest fad is and why it raises troubling questions
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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Should the Supreme Court have done more to ensure free and fair elections?
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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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Video: Democracy, representation and Indian Muslims
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Watch: US police wrestle cricket fan to the ground after pitch invasion to meet Rohit Sharma
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Eco India: How locally grown food is capturing the imagination of urban Indians
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Eco India, Episode 262: What are some great ways of knowing your greens
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Watch: This stray cat kept bringing flowers to a woman’s doorstep until she was adopted
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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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Watch: In ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’, the tennis giant bids farewell to the sport
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ trailer: Eddie and his wisecracking symbiote are on the run
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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The delightful days and sleepless nights that went into Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’