Oxford'S Word Of The Year 2025. Casper grathwohl, president of oxford. Among the words shortlisted by oxford this year are “demure,” “dynamic pricing,” “lore,” “romantasy,” and “slop.” “brain rot” emerged as the word of the year after more than.
The earliest mention of the word is found in henry david thoreau’s book walden in 1854 the frequency of usage of the word grew 230% between 2023 and 2025 37,000. Oxford has officially announced its pick for word of the year for 2025, a pair of words describing a phenomenon that, sadly, many are likely to be familiar with today.