2016柯林斯年度词汇

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1、2016柯林斯年度词汇“Brexit”hasbeennamedthewordoftheyearbyCollinsDictionaryhavingbeendeemed“politics，mostimportantcontributiontothelanguagefor40years・”1AccordingtoCollins,thefirstrecordedusageofthewordarrivedin2013but2016sawa3,400%riseduetotheEUreferenduminJuneandtheensuingfallout.2Col

2、lins'headoflanguageHelenNewsteadlikenedtheterm'simportancetothewayinwhichtheWatergatescandal3sawtheword—gateaddedasasuffix"tomakeanyincidentinfinitelymorecompelling・”FollowingupBrexitsrearwasTrumpismnwhichhasbeenderivedfromthenameofUSpresidentDonaldTrump.4Trumpisnotthefirstpol

3、iticiantohavehadhisnameco-optedbylanguage,nNewsteadcontinued,citing^Thatcherism"and^Reaganomicsvaspreviousexamples・5Shestatedthat：“TheIongevity6of'Trumpism,asawordmaydependonhissuccessintheelection.”ThethirdentrantinCollins'listis"hygge”，aDanishconceptofcreatingcosyandconvivia

4、latmospheresthatpromotewellbeing.7Otherwordstofeatureinclude"micdrop”一atheatricalgestureinwhichapersondropsahand~heldmicrophoneasthefinaletoaspeech；“snowflakegeneration"—thecollectivenamefortheyoungadultsofthe2010s',and“JOMO”whichisthejoyofmissingout.8Collins'10wordsoftheyearc

5、anbefoundbelowwiththeirfulldefinitions：1)Brexit：thewithdrawal9oftheUnitedKingdomfromtheEuropeanUnion2)dudefoodlO：junkfoodsuchashotdogs,burgers,etcconsideredparticularlyappealingtomen3)hygge：aconcept,originatinginDenmark,ofcreatingcosyandconvivialatmospheresthatpromotewellbeing

6、4)JOMO(acronymil)：joyofmissingout：pleasuregainedfromenjoyingone'scurrentactivitieswithoutworryingthatotherpeoplearehavingmorefun5)micdrop：atheatricalgestureinwhichapersondrops(orimitatestheactionofdropping)ahemd-heldmicrophonotothegroundasthefinaletoaspeechorperformance6)share

7、ntingl2：thehabitualuseofsocialmediatosharenews,images,etc.ofone'schildren7)snowflakegeneration：theyoungadultsofthe2010s,viewedasbeinglessresilientandmorepronetotakin£offencethanpreviousgenerationsl38)throwshade：tomakeapublicshowofcontemptforsomeoneorsomething,ofteninasubtieorn

8、on-verbalmannerl41)Trumpism：(1)thepoliciesadvocatedbytheUSpol