They triumphs… yes, they does
Arriving slightly late to the ‘word of the year’ party (see last month’s Miscellany), US dictionary publishers Merriam-Webster have announced their word of the year, the initially surprising ‘they’. The humble pronoun gets to rub shoulders with showier zeitgeisty like climate strike and brextension thanks to an upsurge of readers looking it up in the context of evolving use and increasing public profile.