Dictionary.com announces word of the year: ‘woman’

Portal said searches for the word increased by 1,400% after Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked to define it in her confirmation hearing

The website Dictionary.com has named its word of the year for 2022: woman.

In a statement, the website said: Our selection of woman ... reflects how the intersection of gender, identity and language dominates the current cultural conversation and shapes much of our work as a dictionary."