Wiktionary:WOTY/2024

This is an experimental page aimed at recording interesting new words or senses which appeared or were popularized around 2024. The goal is to create a definitive "Words of the Year" list which reflects on language change in 2024. Currently, only English words are recorded, but anyone can contribute in any language.

List

 * / — short-lived TikTok meme around late 2023.
 * — has existed for a while, possibly picking up steam as of January 2024 but too early to call (see Google Trends).
 * / — attested since at least 2013 but gained attention after a 2024 NYT article.
 * — popularized on TikTok in January 2024 although short-lived.
 * — popularized on TikTok around late 2023; although the word pre-dates TikTok by some years, it was largely restricted to incel slang but appears to be achieving mainstream usage/becoming a meme. Too early to call.
 * — coined by at least early 2023 and peaked around October, but is still seeing some usage this year, i.e. Google Trends.
 * — attested since at least 2020, but has received a significant amount of news coverage beginning with a NYT article published January 28, 2024.
 * – coined mid-2023 (where its popularity peaked) but continues to see growing usage so far this year, i.e. Google Trends, regularly discussed on Twitter (X) and in several news articles in 2024, i.e. Vogue India and Motherly in February.
 * — another snore TikTok trend (late 2023/early 2024).
 * — Purely anecdotal, but I'm hearing this specific word used more and more as of late February. From some searching it seems to be associated with the streamer Tbvnks. UPDATE April 2024: pageview stats show a large hump centered on February and March.
 * – not entirely sure why but in the United Kingdom this hit 100 on Google Trends again in January 2024.
 * – some strange Trumpism coined by December 2023, recently trended on the news (The Independent, Salon, CNN) for appearing on some political commentary show (5 March 2024) but it also has lots of real usage examples on X.
 * , in other words, being a Wiktionarian. Too early to call but Google Trends suggests it might peak again in March 2024.
 * – anecdotal but I have seem this trending recently on various social media sites. It also had a BBC News article in February 2024.
 * — Gained significant traction in early 2024. This seems to be the new "bed rotting".
 * – TikTok trend, briefly spikes in January 2024.
 * – TikTok slang, popularized in late 2023.
 * – obscure TikTok trend, briefly spiked in January 2024.
 * – coined in January 2024 on TikTok, seemingly popularised in February and March when featured in several design magazines (see entry on Wikipedia).
 * – coined by NASA in April 2024.
 * – coined in 2023 but Google Trends suggests it peaked in February 2024.
 * – seems to predate 2024 by a decade or so but popularised in January 2024 with the UK's LDEW weapon,, unveiled that month.
 * – existed for a while but Google Trends suggests it peaked in February 2024.
 * – Google Trends says it peaked around late March 2024.
 * – though it was coined perhaps a century ago, this word has been trending insanely hard recently amongst Gen Z, especially as an Internet meme; see the Google Trends for "yapping".
 * – further popularised (especially the second sense) by looksmaxxing since early 2024.
 * – popularised as a fashion aesthetic on TikTok/a TikTok trend; Google Trends shows a spike in late January 2024.
 * – been hearing this sense a lot recently in reference to YouTube videos/YouTube Shorts. Unfortunately, however, due to the word's multiple meanings the data is hard to track/verify (at least for me).
 * – some marketing term apparently; Google Trends shows a spike in mid-April 2024, but I do not really know why.
 * – Nigerian Pidgin; popularised in January 2024 after the Nigerian police proscribed using this term claiming it could cause a rebellion (see The Guardian).
 * – peaked in January 2024
 * – appeared in late October/early November 2023 but it seems to be making a possible comeback.
 * – peaked in mid-March 2024.
 * – formally described in 2024.
 * – slang used, and particularly popular on, BookTok; books are denoted by a "spicy level" or "spiciness level" based on how risqué/horny they are. See the Google Trends for spicy level (peaks 28 Jan–3 Feb and mid-April 2024) and spicy book (peaks in early January and Late March 2024).
 * – hearsay but I been seeing this recently in British media.. Google Trends does not show anything yet. Might remove later if necessary.
 * – no idea why, but Google Trends says it might peak in May 2024.
 * – new emoji added to iOS in April or May 2024; popular right now.
 * – Ioaxxere is gonna hate me for this one
 * – tl;dr from TikTok, mid-April 2024 peak on Google Trends.
 * – Google Trends shows a peak in early March 2024
 * – trended throughout April 2024 (GTrends) with the, incorrectly alleged (later revealed to be highly unlikely ) to have been caused by cloud seeding.
 * – peak in early March 2024.. for whatever reason?
 * – After 15 years of deliberation, it was formally rejected as an official epoch by the in March 2024.
 * – very popular since 21 Jan for some reason (per goggle tronds)
 * – peaking since February 2024 according to Google Trends.
 * – TikTok-ism.
 * – popular euphemism on TikTok.
 * (what) / – achieved viral popularity in early 2024 due to the "Erm, What the Sigma?" meme.
 * – despite her popularity peaking last year, this word is (possibly) trending just now (more a provisional entry); the GibbleTrends data is too new to call.
 * – brief TikTok trend in December 2023/January 2024. See Google Trends.
 * – somehow I missed this; adopted as the official currency of Zimbabwe on 8 April 2024, replacing the hyper-inflated.
 * – became public domain (❤️) on 1 January 2024, leading to a massive surge in popularity and media attention focused on the character.
 * – Google Trends suggests a possible peak; spiking since March 2024.
 * – Briefly gained some prominence in April 2024 after being notably featured in 's song "Euphoria".
 * – Appears to have been rapidly gaining popularity since 2022 through viral social media posts.
 * - in sarcastic reference to apocalyptic predictions about the.
 * – for some reason searches for this peaked in February 2024.
 * – peak in April 2024 (per GTrends) due to the release of "Down Bad" by Taylor Swift in that month.
 * (abstaining from dating/sex) – popularized in early 2024.
 * – peaked in March 2024 per Google Trends, spiking since September 2023. Probably because of TikTok.
 * – Australian English, peaked in February 2024 when a Bunnings store (multiple?) briefly rebranded itself to Hammerbarn for a sponsorship (the term originates from a TV show), causing some publicity.
 * – in the context of a person, usually used as a compliment for athletes, it seems to originate from TikTok.
 * – another day another TikTok-ism. Google Trends shows a consistent spike since January 2024.
 * /  – Internet meme that arose in late 2023, but GTrends says both words have spiked in April 2024, from TikTok; jittleyang, fuhuhluhtoogan. These words are kinda like a double-feature, which is why I have bundled them. See also the Know Your Meme entry. Maybe not entry-worthy because they are memes/nonce words?
 * – from TikTok, originally a basketball slang term for the most difficult shot to make. Google Trends shows a peak in March 2024.
 * – peak in February 2024 (per Google Trends)
 * /  – originates from the video game senses, so Google Trends is unreliable here but I have been seeing this used a lot more recently; note that these good ending/bad ending senses were featured heavily in Internet memes in 2020, however these were not real linguistic uses like what I have been seeing recently this year on Twitter, YouTube comments, TikTok etc.
 * – usually seen as “do it for the plot”; Google Trends says it has been peaking since January 2024.
 * – seems to be gaining traction on TikTok since January 2024.
 * coolcation (a vacation in a cooler region to avoid heat and wildfires)
 * / – or maybe a snowclone? This is a meme in the form of "bro ain't beating the x allegations".
 * – very popular since the start of this year; see GTrends.
 * – peaked in January 2024 (for some reason) according to Google Trends
 * – might peak, Google Trends says it been growing consistently since 2023
 * – maybe for the (?), see Google Trends
 * – the physical knives were banned in the UK in January 2024; consistently prominent issue in politics this year, common in the media etc.
 * – typically used as in "the math is not mathing". According to Google Trends searches for "mathing" peaked in February 2024. See also below:
 * – meme; forms pseudo-action words (some of which might exist though) for stuff that is not working/operating/behaving as intended/expected, i.e. "my brain is not braining today" or "bruh the homework ain't homeworking".
 * – hear me out: galvanised square steel, iykyk
 * – Google Trends shows an increase in late April/early May 2024 due to fanfiction being posted on BookTok.
 * – see Epstein Island above; mainly an Internet meme slang — more euphemistic, less “obvious” proper noun alternative to Epstein Island. We can pick one or the other, preferably not both though. :)
 * – peak per Google Trends in April 2024 for P. Diddy, aka the P. Diddler, idk if we wanna include this but imma list it just in case
 * – A term popularized in late 2023 and 2024. 2020s meme culture appears to have entered an ironic phase where memes themselves are considered "brainrot", marking a significant contrast from 2010s meme culture, which was mostly unironic. This might in part be a combination of Zoomers' reaction to Gen Alpha memes and trends as well as a broader reaction to their overreliance on technology (not a coincidence that this comes soon after COVID-19).
 * – seems to have become more popular in 2024. This terms is coincidentally yet uncannily similar to the archaic term.
 * – ew, but peaking every month since the start of this year per Google Trends
 * – seems to have increased in popularity around 2023–2024 (mostly going by personal feeling). |locked_in
 * – seems to have spiked in April 2024 per Google Trends, no idea why though
 * – Though it was originally popularised in 2022 it massively spiked in March 2024 for some reason
 * – prominent in the media right now (source: google)
 * — yummy TikTok meme popularised in May 2024; see Google Trends
 * – popularised in 2024 via TikTok, see Know Your Meme entry
 * – Know Your Meme claims this has seen a resurgence this year but too early to call
 * – Popularized throughout 2023 and early 2024.
 * – you want an explanation for why I put this here? Nuh-uh. LunaEatsTuna (talk) 15:36, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * – Google Trends says it surged in February 2024.
 * – first popularised around mid-2023, but peaked once again (twice this year) in February then May 2024.
 * – popularised throughout 2024 alongside yap/yapping in general.
 * – popular in 2023 but seems to be gaining a ton of traction as a variant of 💀 this year; see GTrends peak in February 2024.
 * – seeing this a ton recently on YouTube, social medias, even in digital news articles etc.
 * – ChatGPT funny word we can nom this word and say it is a metaphor for AI being bad/too rampant in academia or whatever idk
 * – ostensibly coined early 2024; spike in April 2024.
 * – love this one. Gobble Tronds says it to be going up since July 2023.
 * – Google Trends says peak in May 2024.
 * – existed for ages but I swear I have been seeing this all over lately. Nothing on Google Trends yet; provisional listing.
 * – lol, Göbbletil Troughnds says it has been continuously gaining traction since January 2024, with its latest peak in June
 * /  – popularised all over TikTok back in early 2024, see KYM entry. Search query for a crash out on X shows continued usage.
 * – I recall this first gaining traction in 2023 or so, but Noogle Trinds shows a peak in April 2024. Also:
 * – peaking since December 2023 per G00g13 T43nd5.
 * – peak in March 2024 per Google Trends.
 * – the actual theory past the surface level is trash, but trended this year with the popularising of AI + peak in April 2024 according to Giggle Trends.
 * – see yap above: peak in June 2024 (thus far) per GOFNjlgeg£8)2!’e😀#'🥗µ🥇な［◕ Trends.
 * – Google Trends suggests that Zyn has been getting much more popular throughout 2023–2024.
 * – Coined by journalist Max Read in June 2024 to describe the "hawk tuah" meme.
 * – originates from a viral street interview from June 2024.
 * – popularized around 2021 but may have peaked around December 2023.
 * – this one should have been added much earlier...
 * – coined in a 2024 (but written late 2023) scientific paper.
 * – this should be a woty nom trust.
 * — peaked in 2023 but might peak again due to the ; if not, we can remove this. See Google Trends.

Mid-year review
''Disclaimer: this section represents the opinions of User:Ioaxxere as of July 2024.

Words of the Semiyear 2024.0:, , ,
 * These are words that enjoyed a huge amount of popularity throughout early 2024 and are used across a wide variety of situations and contexts.

Honourable Mentions:, (not technically a word), , , , , ,
 * These are words which although popular, are more obscure and/or used in more restricted contexts than the terms listed above.

Resources for detecting neologisms

 * New New York Times
 * Google Trends
 * Category:Hot words newer than a year on Wiktionary