Charli XCX’s Brat crowned Collins Dictionary word of the year

Another word that has made it onto this year’s list is era – which is inspired by Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, which visited the UK and Europe this year.

The Collins team have defined it as “a period of one’s life or career that is of a distinctive character”.

A lot of the words on this year’s list have been popularised by Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2012 and even Generation Alpha – who are only as old as 10 or 11.

Once again social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat have a lot to answer for when it comes to the growth of new words and phrases, according to Collins.

Yapping, which means talking about length about things that don’t really matter that much and delulu, being unrealistic with your expectations, also make it onto this year’s list.

Despite it being the year of elections globally, only one political term makes it onto this list – supermajority.

It is defined as a “large majority in a legislative assembly that enables a government to pass laws without effective scrutiny” and became popular around the UK general election in July.