Last week, Merriam Webster announced that its Word of the Year for 2023 is "Authentic."
We are bombarded today with falsity in political claims, in things written by AI and not real people, and in a wealth of other areas.
“Authentic” follows 2022’s choice of “gaslighting.”
The Word of the Year is based on analysis of word searches in the company's 500,000-word online dictionary.
https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-word-of-year-2023-a9fea610cb32ed913bc15533acab71cc