#woty2013

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The truth is that only 1% of all new words are totally new, and of those an even smaller percentage are conjured up out of thin air. The vast majority of coinages are the product of some kind of repurposing, and the result has always been a mix of tradition and innovation.

Susie Dent, language commentator, reviews the year in language for 2013 on the OxfordWords blog. 

Learn more about Word of the Year on the OxfordWords blog, on the OUPblog, in our FAQ, and on the Oxford University Press Tumblr all this week. And be sure to follow the #WOTYselfie tag on all your social media.

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Yesterday we announced that the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013 is ‘selfie’. But what about the runners-up?

Take a closer look at the words on the shortlist, including olinguito, binge-watch, bitcoin, twerk, bedroom tax, schmeat, and showrooming, and discover why they made it on to the shortlist on the OxfordWords blog.

Illustrations © Barry Hall, cube fish media.

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Glamour Women of the Year Awards

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