Just a reminder that the purpose of selecting and publicizing a Word of the Year is not to make a statement about the importance or value of the word, or obser

Just a reminder that the purpose of selecting and publicizing a Word of the Year is not to make a statement about the importance or value of the word, or observe something about the culture. The purpose is to get people to remember that Oxford University Press exists, and get them talking about it for a few hours a year. To the extent that we feel obliged to weigh in on whether this is a bad choice or not, we're doing the homework they've assigned us.