Selected 'nft' as Collins English Dictionary 2021 'Word of the Year' -

Veröffentlicht:

Von:

'NFT' 'chosen as 2021's Collins English Dictionary' Word of the Year '

As his end in 2021, the Harpercollins company, the publisher of the printed and online collin English Dictionary, "The Collins Word of the Year" unveiled. According to Collinsdictionary.com, the word of the year is the abbreviation for non -fungbles tokens, also known as "NFT".

Collins English Dictionary word of the year is nft

Non-fungable token (NFT) collector's pieces by the publishing team behind the Collins English dictionary . The unabridged Collins English Dictionary is published by the Harpercollins company and was the first dictionary that was set with the output of a computer database.

Every year Collins likes to give a certain term the award for the word of the year, and this year is the word "NFT" of the great champion. "'NFT', the abbreviation for 'non-fungable tokens', the clear digital recognition that records ownership of a digital asset that has entered the mainstream and spent millions for the most coveted pictures and videos," says the word of the dictionary of the year blog entry . The article adds:

It is one of three technology -based words that make Collins' longer list of ten words of the year that contains seven words that are brand new at Collinsdictionary.com

The informal noun 'crypto' and the proposed three -dimensional virtual environment the 'meta -verse'

Other words that were popular this year are words like "metavers" and "crypto". The meaning of the word metaverse is "a proposed version of the Internet, which consists of three -dimensional virtual environments". Collins English Dictionary says that the term "crypto" is an informal noun that is short for the word cryptocurrency, "a digital currency used for online purchases".

'NFT' selected Dictionary 'Word of the Year'

Interestingly, in May 2019, the Associated Press (AP) or AP-Stylbook said, writer, journalists and academics should "avoid the use of the abbreviation of crypto that can be confused with cryptography". The AP proposal was largely ignored by the mainstream media and special cryptocurrency news publications.

Collinsdictionary.com was much more liberal for editorial articles and added neologisms from crowdsourcing in 2012. Collins also publishes an official scrabble dictionary and On social media terms, slang and the latest technology.

What do you think that Collinsdictionary.com has recognized the term as the word of the year? Let us know your opinion on this topic in the comments below.

Photo credits : Shutterstock, Pixabay, Wiki Commons, Collinsdictionary.com