The Latest Breaking News from Collins Dictionary

Brat has been named as the Collins Dictionary word of the year after Charli XCX experienced huge success with her viral album of the same name.

Brat has been redefined this year as being ‘characterised by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude’.

Commentators increasingly warn that the world is tightly bound in a “polycrisis,” a tangled knot of crises spanning global systems. But if we have any hope of escaping it, we must think more carefully about what polycrisis really means.

The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis”. As accolades go, the managing director of Collins Learning, Alex Beecroft, has said that this one “sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”.

The most noteworthy news of the week is that Collins Dictionary came out with what it regards are the top 10 words of the year, saying they reflect the state of the world at the moment. It does not make happy reading.

Beating off competition from the likes of "Kyiv", "sportswashing" and "partygate", the term "permacrisis" was this week named Britain's word of the year in recognition of a dismal 2022. Collins Dictionary defines the word as "an extended period of instability and insecurity".

Traditionally, when a word gains traction in society, it’s added to the dictionary. Is Collins playing in reverse with its 2022 word of the year?

Collins Dictionary has announced its word of the year 2022, and it is bad news for the UK - something people were quick to pick up on when reacting to the news online

Permacrisis is one of six terms on the Collins list which are new to CollinsDictionary.com