Word of the Year

Guest: Ben Zimmer, Linguist, Language Columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society  The Washington Post Style guide has already given approval to using “they” in singular situations. And now, the American Dialect Society has chosen singular “they” as its 2015 Word of the Year. It beat out popular phrases “thanks Obama” and “on fleek,” among others.