密歇根新闻广播 2019年度词汇（在线收听）

This week, English Professor Anne Curzan joined us from New Orleans, where members of the American Dialect Society gathered to make their annual "Word of the Year" selection.

This year was special. That's because not only did the ADS choose a word to represent the past year, members also chose a word to represent the past decade.

The pick for 2019's Word of the Year is "(my) pronouns." It was recognized as introduction for sharing one's set of personal pronouns. Ben Zimmer is chair of the ADS’s New Words Committee and language columnist for the Wall Street Journal:

Now that you know the word of the year, any guesses on the word of the decade? Here's a hint: They're related. To hear about the word of the decade as well as winners in other categories, listen to the full conversation above. You can also read more about 2019's Word of the Year here.