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Jon Bakos
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Assoc. Professor of TESL and Linguistics at Indiana State University. Sociolinguistics.
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Slop is the 2025 Word of the Year! #woty2025
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January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Chopped is Most Likely to Succeed Word of the Year! #woty25
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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That's AI is Most Useful Word of the Year! #woty25
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Has a Word of the Year ever existed where we weren't insanely strapped for time? #woty25
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Slop is Digital Word of the Year!
#woty2025
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Icy conditions is the Political Word of the Year! #woty25
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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6-7 is the Informal Word of the Year! #woty25
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January 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Reheated nachos is the Most Creative Word of the Year! #woty25
January 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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The time is once again upon us. Upon *you* #WotY25
January 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Presented quite possibly the first plot of Foghorn Leghorn's vowel system today at #nwav53
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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January 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Final #LSA2025 meal: cheese boat at Saami Somi. Delicious
January 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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It's Mostly Sunny in Philadelphia
#LSA2025
January 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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"Given these options we've decided to just let Michigan remain champions and call a mulligan on this year. We're sorry, we're sorry, we'll do better next time" - Charlie Baker, NCAA President
January 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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let's all celebrate by playing rawdog simulator

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Rawdog Simulator
Buckle up. Lock in. Endure the flight. Put your mind to the test with Rawdog Flight Simulator
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January 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Rawdog is the American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025
January 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Brat has won Most Fun While it Lasted Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025
January 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Unserious has won Most Likely to Succeed Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025
January 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Lock in has won Most Useful Word of the Year! #woty #lsa2025

It ate
January 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Brainrot has won Digital Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025
January 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Luigi has won Political Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025
January 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Rawdog has won Informal Word of the Year! #woty #lsa2025
January 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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'the X I Xed' is Most Creative Word of the Year! #woty #lsa2025

(Ex: the gasp I gusped)
January 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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It's that tiiiime again🎶 #woty #lsa2025
January 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Update from your #LSA2025 food correspondent:

Catfish from Beck's at Reading Terminal Market was unremarkable

Not here for authenticity debates, but cheese steak from Gus's was darn tasty and they were still open near closing time
January 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM