Brat – popularised by singer Charli XCX – has been named Collins phrase of the yr.
It is the title of the UK singer’s sixth album and the dictionary firm says it impressed a way of life “characterised by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude”.
Being known as brat on this sense is more likely to be a praise.
Some leisure critics and journalists have mentioned it is the rejection of the “clean girl” aesthetic on TikTok that is based mostly on beliefs of groomed femininity.
Lexicographers at Collins trawled the media and their database and put brat primary as it has been “embraced so widely” and is “one of the most talked about words of 2024”.
For a lot of nonetheless, the phrase will nonetheless conjure up its extra established that means – a badly behaved or ill-mannered youngster.
Different phrases on the record embrace period, impressed by Taylor Swift’s vastly profitable tour; yapping – speaking at size about inconsequential issues; and delulu, that means completely mistaken or unrealistic in a single’s concepts or expectations.
Rawdogging additionally seems on the phrase of the yr record.
It refers to spending an extended flight merely staring on the seat in entrance with none distractions, and typically forgoing meals, drink and the bathroom as nicely – not one thing medical doctors suggest.
It follows a TikTok pattern that Manchester Metropolis star Erling Haaland additionally participated in.
Alex Beecroft, managing director of Collins, mentioned: “With many of this year’s notable words being popularised by generations Z and Alpha, we can confidently say this is the most ‘brat’ Word of the Year list ever.”
Final yr’s record put AI, the abbreviation of synthetic intelligence, at primary, whereas “nepo baby” and semaglutide had been additionally among the many picks.
