Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year has been everywhere over the past year.

On Wednesday (October 29), the online dictionary revealed its choice for the Word of the Year, the word that captures "pivotal moments in language and culture" and is "a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year," according to Dictionary.com .

So what word was so ubiquitous in 2025 that it earned the title?

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If you're unfamiliar with the word or are confused because it looks more like a number than something deserving of Word of the Year, you are not alone. Pronounced six-seven, the slang has vexed many outside of Gen Alpha who seemingly proliferated the term, in large part because, unlike last year's winner , it appears to have no true meaning.

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