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Cambridge Dictionaries’ Word of the Year is **hallucinate** with a new meaning: “when an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information.“

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The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2023

Cambridge Dictionary has announced ‘hallucinate’ as its Word of the Year 2023, the news follows a year-long surge in interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI).

https://content.dictionary.com/word-of-the-year-2023/

The Dictionary.com Word of the Year is **hallucinate** with a new meaning: “(of artificial intelligence) to produce false information contrary to the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual.“

Other contenders were strike, rizz, wokeism, indicted, wildfire,

Dictionary.com also chose a Vibe of the Year: eras.

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Dictionary.com’s 2023 Word Of The Year Is… | Dictionary.com

If this is the first time you’re learning about this word, be prepared to start encountering it—and what it refers to—with increasing frequency.

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Oxford's Word of the Year for 2023 is **rizz**. “Use of the word … increased dramatically … with a peak in June 2023, when actor Tom Holland was asked … about his ‘rizz’, to which he answered, ‘I have no rizz whatsoever, I have limited rizz.’”

Other contenders were prompt, situationship, Swiftie, beige flag, de-influencing, heat dome, and parasocial.

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Oxford Word of the Year 2023 | Oxford Languages

After more than 32,000 votes, and a team of language experts, the Oxford Word of the Year 2023 is finally here! Learn more about the this year's winner.

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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2023 is **authentic** which saw a substantial increase in lookups driven by conversations about AI, celebrity culture, identity, and social media. Other contenders were rizz, deepfake, coronation, EGOT, X, implode, doppelgänger, covenant, indict, elemental, kibbutz, and deadname.

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2025 Word of the Year: Slop

Plus 'gerrymander', 'touch grass', 'performative', and other words that defined the year

end-of-life doula
A non-medical helper who provides support and guidance for a dying person and their family

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pretendian
To Native Americans, someone who falsely claims Indigenous identity. A form of cultural appropriation

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noctalgia
Literally, "sky grief", or sadness at the loss of dark skies on the part of earth-based astronomers, as the prevalence of light pollution increases

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