それはオックスフォードが選んだ、2018年の「ことば」。
London (AP) -- What single word best captures the tone of the past year? Oxford Dictionaries says it's "toxic."
Bloomberg -The 2018 Oxford Word of the Year Isn't Nice, It's Toxic
文字通りの有毒・中毒性という意味もあるけど、それ以外に、
Beyond its literal sense, people also employed it to describe relationships, politics and habits.
関係や政治、習慣について使われるケースが。この"toxic"の他にも今年はこんな言葉が流行ったらしい。
- gas-lighting ("manipulating someone by psychological means into accepting a false depiction of reality or doubting their own sanity")
- orbiting ("the action of abruptly withdrawing from direct communication with someone while still monitoring, and sometimes responding to, their activity on social media")
どっちも知らないｗ。ちなみに去年の語は"youthquake"。ミレニアル世代パワーを表す言葉。んーこれも知らんかった。
