Selma Steffi

Leading Contender For Word Of The Year 2024. The oxford word of the year is a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of interest over the last 12 months. So, we’ve gathered 50 words that we broke down into different.

The candidates for the word of the year are drawn from evidence gathered by our extensive language research program, including the oxford corpus, which gathers around 150 million. Instead of a rigid new year’s resolution, a word of the year is a constant—yet gentle—reminder to focus on creating positive change.