1) The Heart (and Love) Emoji – Represents an emotion, state of mind, person, place, or thing.

2) Hashtag – The reinvented pound-sign becomes ever more powerful.

3) Vape – Smoking an electronic or e-cigarette, shorthand for vaporize, or vaping.

4) Blood Moon – Four total eclipses of the moon in an eighteen-month span.

5) Nano – From Greek for dwarf, small; now 1 billionth of a meter.

6) Photo Bomb – Breaking into a “prearranged” photograph without authorization.

7) Caliphate – Literally, a land ruled by an Islamic Caliph typically governed under Sharia Law.

8) (White) privilege – The alleged advantages of having lighter colored skin in a diverse society.

9) Bae – Term of endearment for one’s object of desire.

10) Bash Tag – Using a hashtag to undermine your frenemies.

 

Source: Global Language Monitor
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