#2023 word of the year

[aduckmentalistin]

The term enshittification became popular in 2023 after it was used in a blog post by author Cory Doctorow, who used it to describe how digital platforms can become worse and worse. “Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification,” Doctorow wrote on his Pluralistic blog. 

#enshittification #internet #digital platforms #terms #languages #linguistics #dialects #2023 word of the year

[thepastisalreadywritten]

#A.I #Collins #Collins Dictionary #word of the year #2023 word of the year #greedflation #debanking #nepo baby #deinfluencing #Ultra-processed #semaglutide #ulez #bazball #canon event #artificial intelligence #lexicographers #dictionary #words

[kwekstra]

Highlights from the conference room where they nominated contenders for Word of the Year 2023:

• They put Skibidi Toilet on the projector to explain what “skibidi” means.

• Baby Gronk was mentioned.

• We discussed the Rizzler.

• “Cunty” was nominated.

• “Enshittification” was suggested for EVERY category.

• “Blue Check” (like from Twitter) was briefly defined as “Someone who will not Shut The Fuck Up”

• The person writing notes briefly defined babygirl as “referencing [The Speaker]”. He is now being called babygirl in the linguist groupchats.

• MULTIPLE people raised their hand to say “I cannot stress this enough: ‘Babygirl’ refers to a GROWN MAN”

#linguistics #my posts #lsa #lsa 2024 #word of the year #woty #woty 2023

[clairenatural]

Dean doesn't like the word "boyfriend." He decides this the second time Cas says it–the first time it was new, shiny, exciting. The second time, he fights the urge to cringe.

It's not the "boy" part. It's not. It would have been, for a long time, but he's dug all that shit up and unpacked all the suitcases. They hold hands in public. They kiss goodbye in front of his coworkers at the garage.

It's just–not enough. Not nearly. Jack comes home from hanging out with his friends and fills Dean on the gossip and his boyfriend and her girlfriend and–that's not them. "Boyfriend" feels like a cheap mockery. Like how demons used to tease.

He's heard "partner." He's heard it from Sam, to Eileen, but he doesn't know how he can stomach it. He's said that word too many times. I'm Agent Tyler and this is my partner, Agent Perry. This is my partner, Agent Page. My partner, Agent Stills. All lies. Sam says he likes it, that he's making it mean something real. Besides, Eileen loves it.

Good for them, Dean thinks. It makes his skin crawl.

So he sticks with “boyfriend” and he shrugs off the funny urge to protest every time Cas says it. It makes him happy, and honestly, it’s not like he has an alternative.

It’s a Sunday when he realizes that somehow, Cas does. They’re at the farmer’s market, like Cas is every weekend, but Dean had picked up weekend shifts and missed the past few. Cas is excited the whole way there, telling Dean about how he’d manage to befriend the local honey vendor in his absence, how she’d invited him to a beginner’s apiarist group she helps run. They beeline (heh) to the honey booth as soon as they get there, and the woman--Judith? Janice?--smiles up at them both, hands Cas a jar of honey like she’d been expecting him, and says “Oh, this must be the husband! I’ve heard so much about you.”

Dean stares at Cas. Cas stares at the honey. Judith/Janice stares at both of them, smile fading as the silence goes on a beat too long. 

Dean clears his throat. “Uh, yeah. The husband, that’s me! Ha ha.” Beside him, Cas relaxes, just barely. In front of him, the woman breathes an audible sigh of relief. “Sorry,” Dean shifts. “Just didn’t, um. Realize I was such a hot topic.” 

The smile he gets is almost sympathetic. “Oh, only good things. Here,” she hands him a business card. “You should also come out to our meeting on Wednesday. Lots of people bring their partners.” She leans in, almost conspiratorial. “Beekeeping can be wonderful for couples.”

It’s at this point that Cas clears his throat and finally looks up from the honey in his hand, evidently giving up hope on escaping this conversation. “Thank you, Janet.” (oh. Janet.) “Dean works late on Wednesdays, but I’m very excited to see you all.” He’s pulling out money as he says this, apparently deciding to just go ahead and end the entire interaction. He hands her the bills, grabs Dean’s hand, and is already moving away from the booth by the time Janet calls “See you Wednesday!” after them.

Cas drags him all the way back to the car without stopping for tomatoes, or Sam's carrots, or the free-range eggs that are way too expensive but Cas buys anyway because you can taste when the hen is well cared-for, Dean (whatever that means). They slide into the car, still not talking, and sit in silence for several long seconds. Dean stares at Cas, who stares out the windshield at the parking lot.

"I can explain," Cas speaks, finally, right as Dean was about to open his mouth and say anything to break the silence.

Dean pauses. Can you? Cause I feel like I missed a few chapters, he thinks.

"I don't work late on Wednesdays," he says instead.

"Oh." Now it's Cas staring at Dean, and Dean staring out at the asphalt.

He turns the keys. He drives them home.

Later, making dinner, Dean rolls the word around in his head. Husband. He's making his husband pasta (It's missing the tomatoes. He's made more with less).

Husband doesn't feel like a costume, like an ill-fitting suit and scratchy tie. It doesn't feel like high school gossip, or a monster trying to hit him where it hurts. It settles in warm in his chest.

It's just the two of them that night, and they're eating in the comfortable silence of the bunker until Dean clears his throat and brings it up. "Why does Janet at the farmer's market think we're married?"

Cas pauses, fork of pasta halfway to his mouth. He puts the fork down and takes a deep breath. "I'm sorry."

"I'm not mad," Dean hurries to clarify. "It's just that there's usually, uh. Steps, you know. Like a whole....thing."

"I'm aware." Cas sighs. "She assumed, seeing us around - the first time I spoke to her without you, she asked where my husband was. And I..."

"You didn't correct her?"

"...No. I, um." Cas is looking down at his plate again. He picks up the fork, still half-full of pasta, then puts it back down again. "I didn't want to?" He says the end of the sentence like a question but looks back up at Dean and squints just a bit, and Dean knows he's watching for a reaction.

"Uh huh."

"It felt trivial."

"To tell her we're not married?"

"To call you my boyfriend." For the first time, he stumbles over the word.

Dean blinks. "You--" he stops, brain processing too much information to finish that sentence. "Okay." He leans back in his chair. Sighs. Rubs a hand across his eyes and lets it drag down his face. "Okay, listen. I don't like boyfriend either, but we gotta...talk about it."

"We are talking about it. You don't like it either?" Cas leans forward as Dean slumps back, following him across the table.

Dean snorts. "No, man." He shakes his head. "It's been a decade. I've seen you die." Six times. But who's counting.

"I agree." Cas pauses, and then, as if it's the most natural conclusion in the world, "Will you marry me?"

Dean actually laughs at this. "You're asking me that now?"

Cas quirks an eyebrow at him. "I've grown quite fond of calling you my husband at the farmer's market. I'd like to continue."

Dean stares at him in disbelief. It's not how he'd pictured it going, but he also can't think of it going any other way. Slowly, he nods. "Yeah, okay. Let's be husbands."

Across the table, Cas grins at him.

"But we're getting rings," Dean points a finger at him, because something about this is going to be normal.

"If you'd like. Although I already told Janet that you can't wear a ring because of your work at the garage, and I don't wear mine in solidarity."

"Rings," Dean insists, and decides to overlook the rest of that sentence. For now. He stabs his fork into a pile of the pasta. "And let me stop for the damn tomatoes next time."

They get rings and wear them on chains around their necks. Cas puts a beehive on the hill, and there's a small ceremony in the summer - a "vow renewal" to Cas' beekeeping group, who all receive invites attached to little jars of honey. Janet gets the nicest one.

#mae clairenatural writing fic in the year 2023...... #go easy on me im rusty #i started this a year ago and decided to finish it and that was PAINFUL #destiel #deancas #destiel fic #1.2k words #my words

[creatingnikki]

another year is ending and I want you to know that it is okay if you:

have not healed from the things that happened/did not happen from six months ago. just because the year is ending it does not mean your grief is too.

don't have any "fun" NYE plans to ring in the new year. this life is yours to live across days and months and years, and you can celebrate days other than the ones heavily marketed and shoved down your throat to shroud you in severe FOMO.

have no resolutions or goals for 2024 laid out in elaborate lists or shared on social media or with your friends. you are braving through this life trying to do your best every day and hold the fort and so of course you know, deep down you know what is needed from you for you going forward and of course you are going to work in that direction. good luck love.

have not become a "better" version of yourself by any of the tangible or conventional measures. that kind of bettering is mostly to serve others, not yourself.

are not happy with yourself/your life as it is now. you're a work-in-progress, remember? and if you're progressing in a direction you do not like, then it's time to change the blueprints and the strategy.

take time off social media around this time to protect your mental health and whatever little joy you have managed to keep.

don't want to spend too much time reflecting on how this past year went and doing various forms of 2023-wrapped. again, it's your life. you can also revisit this year in memories and pictures and feelings whenever you'd like. it's not like you don't still visit 2012, 2017, and 2022, right?

feel disconnected from your friends, family, lover. I know this is "ideally" a time to be celebrated with your loved ones. but life is not ideal, is it? it's just life. and if right now you are not feeling the love, the joy, or just don't have the headspace or social energy to engage , that's alright.

are finding comfort in simpler things like a TV show from the 90s or that book you first read at sixteen or that slice of strawberry cake or a random post like this you come across.

don't feel hopeful, encouraged, or excited for 2024. given everything that's happened in the last couple of years, on the macro and micro level, it's only natural for you to feel weary as well as wary. when the good things happen, when the healing happens, when things begin working in your favour over time, you will automatically feel all those things. it's okay if until then you choose to be neutral.

#notes to everyone #goodbye 2023 #writerscreed #poeticstories #twc poetry #inkstay #hello 2024 #nye #new year #new year eve #nye 2024 #year end #notes to self #self care #self compassion #mental health #mental wellness #words to live by #dark academia #desiblr #poetryportal #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr #december 2023 #words of affirmation #words of wisdom #it's okay #it's ok to not be ok #spilled ink #creatingnikki

[evercelle]

( just follow the script. )

#in stars and time #isat spoilers #ever makes art #i binge played this game over the weekend. IT'S EXCELLENT!! #i really enjoyed all the attention to detail in the progression of game sprites and UI... and the art is so good... #if i had a nickel for every incredible indie rpg debuting in '23 with the word Stars in the title id have 2 nickels. which isnt a lot but-- #2023 has been a buck wild year for gaming. play isat

[on-this-day-mcr]

On this day, March 26

In 2023: My Chemical Romance performed their 70th show of the 2022-2023 Swarm tour at Punkspring in Osaka, Japan. This show was the last show of the Oceania-Asia leg as well as the overall last show of the Swarm tour. At this show, an unreleased song (titled "Eagles" on the paper setlist) was performed for the 13th time ever, with new lyrics, and Gerard Way wore a dark grey skirt suit with white scleral contacts and fake blood. The drum was a blank mirrored surface for the majority of the show, with "ENDLESS NIGHT" written on it before the encore. (🖤)

Watch the show here!

ハヤシマコ

#one year no mcr.... #famous last words and helena hit so hard at this show :') #MCR osaka #tour date #swarm era #ID in alt #2023 #March 26

[ilkkawhat]

#alan wake #alan wake 2 #alan wake remastered #gamingedit #alanwakeedit #mk.op #mk.gifs #mk.edit #i'm sure somebody's made something like this before #damn if this isn't a mood though #best and worst thing i've done is create a spreadsheet of my word count #i did it back in 2021/2022 i think? #gave up on 2023 #started again this year #have tons of WIPs but nothing to show for it #writing

[nikov]

if equal affection cannot be, LET THE MORE LOVING ONE BE ME.

tolkien (2019) / crush, richard siken / the holiday (2006) / the song of achilles, madeline miller / because i liked you, a.e. housman / the secret history, donna tartt / the more loving one, w. h. auden

#web weaving #words #parallels #rb:words #mine:words #year:2023 #tolkien #crush #Richard siken #the holiday #the song of achilles #Madeline miller #because I liked you #ae housman #the secret history #tsh #donna tartt #the more loving one #wh auden #w.h. auden #unrequited love

[ninasdrafts]

You see - you’ve done it again. You’ve made it through another year. Whether you’re a fighter who suffers in silence or someone who shares their struggles with the world, you have over a hundred reasons to be proud of yourself. I hope you’ll never stop celebrating your victories, no matter how small they might seem to others. I hope you’ll find the courage to take that last step, to write that letter, to send that text. I hope you will be brave enough to change your life. What are you waiting for? Please don't tell me you're not ready yet. Truth is you will never feel ready enough to take a step out of your comfort zone. Something new will always be scary at first. If 2022 was for slow transformations and growth, 2023 will be about taking the leap. About the big jump - the falling, and the flying. Accept that you deserve something bigger, something better. You've got this.

hi, 2023 / n.j.

#2023 #goodbye 2022 #hello 2023 #excerpt from a book I'll never write #writing #spilled ink #prose #poetry #writing community #inspiring quotes #positive vibes #quotes #positive quotes #writers on tumblr #words to live by #life quote #life quotes #new year #happy new year

[juan-francisco-palencia]

Božićne želje iz Hrvatske.

Juan što ako ovog Božića zamoliš svakog svog Tumblr prijatelja i sve muškarce na svijetu da se, bez zlobe ili ljutnje, okrenu i pogledaju sve kao kad su htjeli upoznati svijet, kad su bili djeca... 🧸 Zagrebačka zima 2023

Rita Heolise Shvets. 🙋‍♀️ 🇭🇷

Perhaps for many your words and my words mean nothing and have no value, but they are part of our life and the same feeling of such a beautiful and special girl of a man who emerged from the rain. Together we wish you love, happiness and prosperity. Happy new year. 🎆 2024 🎊💕👋

#croacia #christmas #rita heloise #writers on tumblr #spilled ink #writing #love poem #reflexions of my life #feelings #from mexico to the universe #winter 2023 #new poets society #words from the bottom of the heart #light academia #poets on tumblr #happy new year

[cinamun]

In what is now a 5 year tradition, and an all-time favorite, Indya and Darren Drake are wishing you a happy Simblreen season as Spiderman & Spiderho.

2019: Spider Titties & Neil Dickstrong

2020: Playboy Bunny & King T'Challa

2021: Sexy Pumpkin & Blackula

2022: Fuck 12

Inspo

#ts4 #extras #simblreen 2023 #can y'all tell this is my FAVORITE time of year? lmfao #ts4 edit #in the words of Indya #HAPPY SIMBLREEN BITCHES!!!!!! #simblr #black simblr

[mollyyancey]

hey u do kno remilia's like explicitly a small child who uses a high chair right

yeah this is what the boss fight was actually like in eosd zun just couldnt draw a high chair. it was like an okina situation

#2023 #touhou #remilia scarlet #lol yes anon dw ive read ssib i love her little high chair #also i must ask wht the ask was worded this way bc it sounds a little accusatory but im like what did i do to make you think that haha #i imagine her to be like a 14 year old and flan to be like 9

[daily--cats]

Cats wish you a wonderful new year and hope it brings you many blessings. The New Year is like a blank page in a book; you hold the pen that will fill it in. It is your opportunity to write a story of your own life. Best Happy new year wishes as the new year begin. ♡

#words #quotes #2023 #happy new year #happy 2023 #animal #animals #cat #cats #kitty #adorable #pretty #wholesome #fluffy #texts #motivation #inspiration #dreams #goals #dailycatsblog

[carronpatrick]

Haven't found this here yet, so I wanted to share it with some links for education.

Found it from-

Twitter post by OmarSShakir

IG Post by visualizing_palestine

Created by-

AAANY (Arab American Association of New York)

Gaza Is Palestine

#2023 #Important #Palestine #Gaza #free palestine #this is genocide #*EDIT it is now November 20 so these numbers are sadly small in comparison to the actual losses #*Please don't stop talking about Gaza and Palestine! They are being forcibly removed from their homes #*Or just brutally attacked and murdered when not removed #*and I say 'removed' but it's really the only word I can think of besides 'fucking bombed and harassed and terrorized into fleeing' #*BUT don't stop talking about them! Israel is commiting genocide and the world powers are ALLOWING it #*This has been going on for 75 years! It must end now! #*Also keep doing your own research - DO NOT rely on western media or even large organizations for both sides #*This is a genocide built on greed and racism and Israel has lots of money and political ties to buy their 'truth' to be published

[uncanny-tranny]

You survived this year. You made it, I hope you find solace in the recognition that you have done it.

However last year went, know that you've made it. May this new year bring you comfort, joy, peace, and thriving.

#positivity #encouragment #encouraging words #yes i hope you have been able to do more than sirvive... but surviving isn't bad. it's scary and exhausting sometimes... #...but if all you could do is survive... know that you've not 'wasted' 2023. your time spent here wasn't in vain #your time spent on this earth hasn't been wasted and i hope nobody feels that they've squandered this past year #yes if all you can do is survive... please do that. i hope though that you are given the opportunity to thrive