Dictionary, and in one way or another they are all reflections of today’s changing world.

　　After a year that was politically unstable, it’s not hard to understand the fact that people’s political views are one of the main drives of our expanding vocabulary. One example is “clicktivism”, a compound (合成词) of “click” and “activism”. It refers to “armchair activists (键盘侠)” – people who support a political or social cause, but only show their support from behind a computer or smartphone. And “otherize” is a verb for “other” that means to alienate (使疏远) people who are different from ourselves – whether that be different skin color, religious belief or sexuality.

　　“We had all the words around Brexit (脱欧) in the last update and we are now starting to see all the words around Trump coming into the dictionary,” Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionaries’ head of content development, told The Guardian. Lifestyle is also changing our language. For example, “fitspiration” – a compound of “fit” and “inspiration” – refers to a person or thing that encourages one to exercise and stay fit and healthy.

　　The phrase “climate refugee” – someone who is forced to leave their home due to climate change – reflects people’s concern for the environment. According to Stevenson, social media was the main source for the new expressions. “People feel much freer to coin their own words these days,” he said.

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