Here are the new words of the year – including dark beer, millennial socks and cucumber mop

Domestic ones language center Kotus has published the current year’s word selections.

New words added to Kotu’s word database include, among others conversion law and Palestinian scarf. There are also, for example, expressions related to food culture, such as market wine and mörköolutwhich means strong or extra strong beer.

According to Kotus, expressions related to fashion also represent a light stratification of word selections. For his attitude towards the stalkless to the millennial socks you can tell whether you are still young or already a former young person. You can try to reach the lost youth with face tapewhich is promised to firm and smooth the skin of the face.

The phenomena of social media are quickly reflected in language. Instead of tweeting, it has started treadawhen part Elon Musk’s to own the messaging service X of the users who are hurt have moved to Meta’s Threads messaging service.

The word list also includes a favorite toy from the 1970s and 80s, which has become a collector’s rarity, cucumber mop. Huge sums have been asked for and paid for plastic kick scooters this year.

The vast majority of new expressions never become established in the language. It is precisely these shooting stars in the word sky that we aim to describe in the year’s word selections.

In its announcement, Kotus reminds that the future of words is ultimately decided by the users of the words.

Home more than five thousand new or otherwise current words were added to the word database from various sources this year. The word database is used for the needs of the Language Office’s dictionary, language maintenance and research.

Many words have taken on a whole new meaning this year. Raakku became relevant as a word due to the widespread destruction of Stora Enso’s logging site on Suomussalmi’s Hukkajoki.

Cut again, it’s hard to think of them as a mere crafting tool after the finance minister who wields them Riikka from Purra (ps) the captured image made the word a symbol of the government’s austerity policy.