Oxford chose the word of the year from a short list of words that were all related to the environment. "It reflects it was a real preoccupation of the English-speaking world in 2019." Recent words of ...

The term climate emergency has been declared the 'word of the year' by Oxford Dictionaries after its usage soared by over 10,000 percent in 2019. The rise in protests from Extinction Rebellion and ...

Amid historic flooding in Venice, Italy, and catastrophic bushfires decimating Australia's koala population, Oxford has named its 2019 Word of the Year "climate emergency." The historical dictionary ...

If this year has left you in the midst of an existential crisis – you’re not alone. Apparently, enough people are in the throes of contemplating human existence that Dictionary.com proclaimed ...

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It’s official — the 2019 word of the year is “climate emergency,” according to Oxford Dictionaries. In an indication of the phrase’s cultural impact, the organization said “climate emergency” was once ...