For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as anticipated as mince pies. The words of the year aren't just a fun peek into ...

If you've ever wanted to create your own computer program but never learnt how to code, you might try "vibe coding". Collins Dictionary's word of the year - which is confusingly made up of two words - ...

The term "vibe coding", which describes turning language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins’ Word of the Year for 2025. It was coined by Andrej Karpathy, former ...

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Overall, terms that describe humans’ relationship with technology feature prominently on this year’s list. Although obviously two words, “vibe coding” was chosen by the UK-published dictionary at a ...