What'S The Word Of The Year 2024. Celebrating a decade of word of the year selections, cambridge dictionary announces its choice for 2024 and talks about past winners. Discover more about the winner, our shortlist, and 20 years of words that reflect the world.

Oxford university press’ word of the year for 2024 is “brain rot,” an expression — written as two words — that saw a 230% increase in usage over the last year, according to. ‘brat’,newly defined in 2024 as ‘characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude’, has been named collins’ word of the year 2024.