You tell us: which are the words that sum up 2017?Browse our readers’ picks and share your ownYear in a Word: AlignmentThe term suggests one thing to Remainers and another entirely to LeaversYear in a Word: FangsThe market’s appetite for acronyms grows as Big Tech remains untouchableYear in a Word: GrenfellThe London tower block blaze raises disturbing questions about UK fire safetyYear in a Word: WokeIts use began among black activists before going mainstreamA Year in a Word: Military-assisted transitionWhen is a coup not a coup? When the Zimbabwean army is involvedMore from this SeriesA Year in a Word: GSTIndia’s new unified and nationwide tax system is still a work in progressA Year in a Word: En MarcheMacron swept to power in France with his new movement, but voters now ask where he is leading themA Year in a Word: QuiteThe decline of gradable adverbs reveals we are rather too reluctant to express nuanceYear in a Word: DotardInsult from Kim Jong Un of North Korea hit Donald Trump of the US where it hurtsYear in a Word: #MeTooWomen mobilised online to share their experiences of sexual harassmentYear in a Word: Xi ThoughtChina’s leader takes his position alongside Mao in the Communist party pantheonYear in a Word: MaybotA cruel nickname, but given Theresa May’s reputation for ruthlessness sympathy was limitedYear in a Word 2016The words that shaped the past 12 monthsA year in a word 2015The words that marked the yearReturn to the Best of 2017
You tell us: which are the words that sum up 2017?Browse our readers’ picks and share your ownYear in a Word: AlignmentThe term suggests one thing to Remainers and another entirely to LeaversYear in a Word: FangsThe market’s appetite for acronyms grows as Big Tech remains untouchableYear in a Word: GrenfellThe London tower block blaze raises disturbing questions about UK fire safetyYear in a Word: WokeIts use began among black activists before going mainstreamA Year in a Word: Military-assisted transitionWhen is a coup not a coup? When the Zimbabwean army is involvedMore from this SeriesA Year in a Word: GSTIndia’s new unified and nationwide tax system is still a work in progressA Year in a Word: En MarcheMacron swept to power in France with his new movement, but voters now ask where he is leading themA Year in a Word: QuiteThe decline of gradable adverbs reveals we are rather too reluctant to express nuanceYear in a Word: DotardInsult from Kim Jong Un of North Korea hit Donald Trump of the US where it hurtsYear in a Word: #MeTooWomen mobilised online to share their experiences of sexual harassmentYear in a Word: Xi ThoughtChina’s leader takes his position alongside Mao in the Communist party pantheonYear in a Word: MaybotA cruel nickname, but given Theresa May’s reputation for ruthlessness sympathy was limitedYear in a Word 2016The words that shaped the past 12 monthsA year in a word 2015The words that marked the yearReturn to the Best of 2017
