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Wordsmyth Word of the Year 2020: social distancing

Posted on December 15, 2020January 22, 2021 by Wordsmyth

We are proud to announce Wordsmyth Word of the Year 2020, selected by the votes of members of the Wordsmyth community. Here are a selection of the comments from our users who…

WOTY 2020 voting update and Wordsmyth Editor’s response to user comments

Posted on December 9, 2020December 15, 2020 by Wordsmyth

Some of the comments about our nominations reveal your desire to have an open nomination process for WOTY.  Here are a few of the words our users felt were missing from the…

Progress update on WOTY 2020

Posted on November 26, 2020December 10, 2020 by Wordsmyth

The Wordsmyth educational mission is to foster awareness of how words work in communication, and our WOTY nominations this year have drawn attention to the way words work in society.  This has…

You are invited to participate in choosing Wordsmyth Word of the Year 2020

Posted on November 16, 2020January 21, 2025 by Wordsmyth

Everyone can participate – students and teachers, friendship and work groups, and families can all take up the discussion of what words have been most important in 2020.

Vote for Wordsmyth Word of the Year 2020

Posted on November 16, 2020January 21, 2025 by Wordsmyth

*Update We are proud to announce Wordsmyth Word of the Year 2020, selected by the votes of members of the Wordsmyth community. Thank you for your participation! Wordsmyth has nominated 10 words…

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