The word “apocalyptic” was the most popular word in Priberam’s online dictionary in 2023 in relation to the situation in Gaza, but many others also defined the year in terms of political activism, a papal visit and natural disasters.
“The most popular word (‘Apocalyptic’) certainly does not define 2023, but many others that have been researched depict it in the realms of politics, nature, society, sports, religion and technology, among others,” the statement said. Priberama and the Lusa agency, which for the seventh year in a row got together to select the most popular words illustrating the year that is ending.
24 words (two for each month) defining the year, selected for relevance from more than a hundred prominent in the search results, are available on the website oanoempalavras.pt, each illustrated with a photograph and news about the event that gave rise to research.
Throughout 2023, searches included pilgrim, due to the Pope’s visit to Portugal, resignation, due to political activism and the dismissal of the prime minister, mercenary and Palestinian, associated with conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, or even disaster and earthquake, alluding to natural disasters such as the earthquakes that rocked Morocco and the Philippines or the fire in Hawaii.
The website is structured chronologically, from January to December, and each word provides direct access to its meaning in the Priberam dictionary and a Lusa article about the event that motivated the research.
“Reading and viewing (because yes, photos are important) the Year in Words is always an analysis of what marked us in our collective year. There are key words: violence (in the Church) in February, for example, or justification (April).” advisor to the minister, but how can we forget the word “Palestinian” (October) and soon the word “resignário” (November)? As in the dictionary, all these words, like many others, will be resolved next year,” the minister said. Lusa’s CIO Luisa Meireles on the initiative.
Priberam CEO Carlos Amaral commented: “A Year in Words once again gives us an insight into the last 12 months (which would not be possible with just one word), which is thus made clearer by significant events. for the millions of users of our dictionary, illustrated with images and words by Agência Lusa photographers and journalists.”
Honorable and scammers were the words that marked Januarythe month in which Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died and when pro-Bolsonaro conspirators broke into the Brazilian Congress building.
Words that characterized Februarya month in which the report of the independent commission on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church of Portugal was presented and in which NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the need to protect airspace after the shooting down of unidentified flying objects, there were insults and UFOs.
March was defined by the words “commander” due to the death of businessman and commander Rui Nabeiro of the Delta Cafés and Ismaelita group due to a knife attack in the Ismaelita Center in Lisbon, which left two people dead.
IN AprilThe dismissed deputy of João Galamba, Frederico Pinheiro, accused the Ministry of Infrastructure of wanting to hide information from the TAP investigative commission, and the French held a street demonstration against the reform of the pension system, which includes raising the retirement age, so the most popular words were rehabilitated and reformed.
Catinga and coronation were words Mayberegarding the claims of the 2021 Camões Prize-winning Mozambican writer, Paulina Cisian, challenging the definition of the word “catinga” in some Portuguese language dictionaries, as well as the coronation ceremony of the new kings of England.
IN Junethe words chosen were illegitimate and self-serving due to the votes of the majority of judges of Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court, which disqualified former President Jair Bolsonaro from running for the next eight years, as well as the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who denied charges of treason brought by the President Russia by Vladimir Putin.
JulyThe month in which Portuguese swimmer Diogo Ribeiro won a silver medal in the 50m butterfly at the World Swimming Championships in Japan, and in which the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was discharged from hospital after a vagal attack and fainting, was marked by the words mole and vagus.
IN Augustthe arrival of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims registered for World Youth Day in Lisbon, attended by Pope Francis, and the wildfires on Maui, which caused Hawaii’s deadliest disaster, dictated the choice of the words pilgrim and disaster. .
The Council of Ministers’ approval of measures to mitigate the impact of rising interest rates on housing lending and the earthquakes that hit Morocco and were also felt in Portugal and Spain made mitigation and earthquake the month’s keywords September.
The words “pipi” due to statements made by PSD President Luis Montenegro regarding the 2024 state budget, which he classified as “pipi, well presented and very nice”, and “Palestinian” after Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip. , killing thousands of Palestinians in retaliation for an attack by the Islamist group Hamas, noted October.
november It was the month of the resignation of Prime Minister António Costa following an investigation launched by the State Ministry, and artificial intelligence with the launch of OpenAI ChatGPT, a form of generative artificial intelligence, announced a return from its co-founder Sam Altman.
Finally a month December was marked by a collapse due to statements by António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, who said that it was still possible to avoid the collapse of the Earth, and due to caution, following the call by Mario Centeno, Governor of the Bank of Portugal, as wage increases should be prudent.
In 2023, search terms that stood out were repeal, referring to decrees signed by Bolsonaro that Lula da Silva announced would be repealed, outrageous, hinting at Biden’s response to the Congressional invasion of Brasilia, sanctions due to possible sanctions. .from the European Union to countries that help Russia, influencers and lithiums, regarding an operation to investigate signs of corruption that led to the fall of the socialist government, and metadata due to a decree vetoed by the President of the Republic.
In the field of sports, words such as “embalmed” (Pelé’s body), “mono” (footballers Pepe and Vinicius Jr. were the targets of racist abuse), “bonuses” (Neymar’s benefits at Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia) and ” Praetorian” (Andre Villas-Boas calls for an investigation into Praetorian attacks on members of FC Porto).
As for disasters in 2023, searches for the words “submersible” and “implosion” stand out, after the Titan submarine disaster, terrorism due to terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris, genocide due to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, including targeting hospitals and refugee camps, which led to the deaths of thousands of people, mostly women and children, and which prompted the UN to call for a ceasefire due to the risk of genocide, as well as rescuers in connection with the operation, which allowed the removal of 41 workers, which they are trapped in a tunnel in India.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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