Word Of The Year Quiz 2025. 9, 2025, it selected “polarization” as its word of the year, which joins a list of 2025 winners from other dictionaries that includes “brat,” “manifest,” “demure,” “brain. “brain rot” beat out five other finalists, including “dynamic pricing,” “lore,” “romantasy,” “slop,” and dictionary.com’s word of the year “demure.” “‘brain rot’ speaks to.

Following a public vote in which more than 37,000 people had their say, we’re pleased to announce that the oxford word of the year for 2025 is ‘brain rot’. “brain rot” beat out five other finalists, including “dynamic pricing,” “lore,” “romantasy,” “slop,” and dictionary.com’s word of the year “demure.” “‘brain rot’ speaks to.