Among its top picks for 2022 words of the year are 'quiet quitting,' 'splooting,' and 'vibe shift'

Collins Dictionary’s pick for its 2022 word of the year is the perfect term to describe our pandemic-new normal milieu. On Nov. 1, the English dictionary published by HarperCollins announced that its 2022 word of the year is “permacrisis.”

Defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity,” the noun “perfectly embodies the dizzying sense of lurching from one unprecedented event to another, as we wonder bleakly what new horrors might be around the corner,” as written by author David Shariatmadari.

According to Collins Dictionary, the term echoes the ongoing crises in the world, like the war in Ukraine, our fight against climate change, and other political instabilities.

Among its top selections for words of the year are “Kyiv or Kiev,” the capital of Ukraine; “Partygate,” which means a political scandal over gatherings held in defiance of public-health restrictions; “Carolean” is an adjective relating to the newly crowned King of the United Kingdom, HRH Charles III.

Also included in its list is “splooting,” the act of lying flat on the stomach with the legs stretched out; the Gen Z term “vibe shift,” a significant change in a prevailing cultural atmosphere or trend; and “quiet quitting,” a modern work culture term defined as the practice of doing no more work than one is contractually obliged to do.

In 2020, Collins Dictionary chose “lockdown” as its word of the year after finding a 6,000 percent increase in its usage since 2019. While in 2021, it picked “NFT” or “non-fungible token” due to its “meteoric rise in usage” up 11,000 percent, according to experts.

Check the full list of Collins Dictionary’s 2022 Words of the Year here.

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