New Words in the Oxford Dictionary

It was sourced by The Guardian, that the phrase 'post-truth' was named word of the year in 2016. It is said that the word of the year is to 'reflect the passing year in language'. Of course, this may be dependant on the events which occurred within that year, with one of the main events in 2016 being, of course, Trump. The dictionary definition of adjective 'post-truth', relates to 'objective facts which are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief'. With one of the main events of 2016 being Trump and Brexit, we can only assume that this word has been praised for it's relevance and usage in the year. Another example could be in 2009 when the neologism 'Simples', derived from the adjective 'simple', was crowned word of the year. The phrase was coined by advert 'Compare the Market (Meerkats)', a popular advert with a slogan of 'simples'. With this in mind we can perhaps assume that a majority of 'new words' are already crafted from existing words, yet with added morphemes/graphemes. In December 2016, over 500 words were added to the Oxford dictionary, with 'Youtuber' and 'Brexit' being most popular. Here, there is a clear relation to digital technology, with both words being used mostly on the Internet. Over the past decade, there have been thousands of neologisms deriving from computer mediated communication, with many of the 'new words' coming from this.