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Each year, Dictionary.com chooses a word that captures the spirit of the times. This year, the choice has fallen on a word that can be used for just about anything, as long as it is extreme.

Here is the word of the year

’Nonnamaxxing’ is used to describe turning to cozy, analog activities like making your own pasta in response to the stresses of digital life. ’Nonna’ is the Italian word for grandmother. Arkivfoto: Bo Svane
’Nonnamaxxing’ is used to describe turning to cozy, analog activities like making your own pasta in response to the stresses of digital life. ’Nonna’ is the Italian word for grandmother. Arkivfoto: Bo Svane

Word of the year is ’maxxing’.

It is Dictionary.com, the English-language site that tracks the evolution of language, that each year names a particularly popular word.

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