What a difference a year can make.

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For 2018?

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The Oxford Word of the Year 2018 is...

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According to the dictionary, there was a 45 per cent rise in the number of times the term was searched for on its website over the last year.

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Words searched alongside the term B次元官网网址渢oxicB次元官网网址� give insight into the context in which the word was being used. The top ten joint search terms appear split into two categories: literal, referencing chemical, substance, gas, waste, algae and air; and metaphorical, referencing masculinity, relationship, culture and environment B次元官网网址� which could arguable fall into both categories.

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Though 'toxic' took the title, it's by no means the only word that caught our attention this year. Find out about the words that made our shortlist at the Word of the Year hub:

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What a year.