After months of scandals in sports, politics ¡ª and society as a whole ¡ª the top buzzword of 2018, announced Monday, struck a strikingly positive tone as the year winds down.
¡±³§´Ç»å²¹²Ô¨¥,¡± essentially a shortened form of s¨ da ne (that¡¯s right) that was popularized by Japan¡¯s female curling team during the Pyeongchang Olympics and gained them fans on their way to a bronze-medal finish, also took home the award for the year¡¯s top buzzword.
After the word won top honors at the 2018 U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (2018 U-Can New Words and Buzzwords Awards), Japanese linguist Hideho Kindaichi, a member of the selection committee, stressed its organic nature.
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