Desde 2004, um grupo de
lexicógrafos da Oxford University Press, com base em um banco de dados, que
contém cerca de 150 milhões de palavras, coletadas em jornais, revistas,
livros, blogs e transcrições do inglês falado por pessoas de diferentes níveis
de escolaridade, elege a Palavra do Ano, aquela que “reflete a síntese das
preocupações daquele ano.
Aqui vai uma tabela dos dez
últimos anos, tabela esta que abrange o Reino Unido e os Estados Unidos. No
Brasil, para variar, nós não temos isso. Então, eu resolvi incluir nosso
valente país nessa pesquisa:
Ano
|
Reino
Unido
|
Estados
Unidos
|
Brasil
|
2007
|
carbon footprint
|
locavore
|
corrupção
|
2008
|
credit crunch
|
hypermiling
|
bandidagem
|
2009
|
Simples
|
unfriend
|
Michael Jackson
|
2010
|
big society
|
refudiate
|
caixa 2
|
2011
|
squeezed middle
|
squeezed middle
|
presidenta
|
2012
|
Omnishambles
|
desemprego
|
|
2013
|
selfie
|
selfie
|
protestos
|
2014
|
vape
|
vape
|
Copa do Mundo
|
2015
|
emoji of a face with tears of joy
|
the emoji of a face with tears of joy
|
lava jato
|
2016
|
post-truth
|
post-truth
|
impeachment
|
Abaixo segue a explicação
dessas palavras ou expressões:
1.
carbon footprint: the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and
indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of
carbon dioxide (CO2).
2.
locavore: a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown,
raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
3.
credit crunch: an
economic condition in which investment capital is difficult to obtain.
4.
hypermiling: the
use of fuel-saving techniques (as lower speeds and frequent coasting) to
maximize a vehicle's fuel mileage.
5.
Simples: an
expression used to suggest that something can be done or understood with no
difficulty.
6.
unfriend (verb): remove
(someone) from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website.
7.
big society: a
concept whereby a significant amount of responsibility for the running of a
society is devolved to local communities and volunteers.
8.
refudiate (verb): blend of refute + repudiate, used loosely to mean “reject”.
9.
squeezed middle: the
section of society regarded as particularly affected by inflation, wage freezes
and cuts in public spending during a time of economic difficulty, consisting
principally of those on low or middle incomes".
10.
omnishambles: a situation that is bad in many different ways, because things
have been organized badly and serious mistakes have been made.
11.
GIF (Graphics
Interchange Format): a lossless
format for image files that supports both animated and static images.
12.
vape: inhale and
exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.
13.
the emoji of a face with tears of joy
14.
post-truth: a
word defined as relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts
are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and
personal belief.