“AI” Named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2023

• Collins Dictionary has declared “AI” as the Word of the Year for 2023, reflecting the increasing prominence of Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives. According to Collins managing director Alex Beecroft, AI has been the central point of discussion this year, with its usage quadrupling.
• The Word of the Year selection by Collins Dictionary traditionally mirrors the key preoccupations and discussions of a given year. In 2022, it was “permacrisis,” reflecting the constant upheavals in British politics. The year prior, “NFTs” (non-fungible tokens) reached its peak of chatter, while 2020 was overwhelmingly dominated by the term “lockdown” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contenders for Word of the Year 2023.

Several other words and phrases were in the running for Word of the Year in 2023. They include

1. Bazball
2. Canon event
3. Debanking
4. Deinfluencing
5. Greedflation
6. Nepo baby
7. Semaglutide
8. Ultraprocessed
9. Ulez