From Oxford University Press:

2022 has been a year defined by opening up again. Yet while we were finally able to physically meet and come back together, our world somehow feels more divided than ever.

In recognition of this change, we wanted to open up the final step of our Word of the Year selection process to the true arbiters of language: people from all over the world. The way we communicate and develop the English language affects the Oxford selection every year, but for the first time in its history, the public will choose the 2022 Word of the Year.

Our team of expert lexicographers have narrowed down a long list of worthy contestants to a final choice of three words.

The three words are: metaverse, #I am withY goblin mode – each relevant to the year in a…