Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Language Names Word of the Year
Candidates also included “Ze,” “red lines” and “turbo mode.”
The Ukrainian dictionary of modern language and slang Myslovo has named “digitalization” the word of 2019.
“A neologism that entered the Ukrainian language only a few years ago is a transliteration of the English digitalization and means changes in all spheres of public life associated with the use of digital technologies. The word is a simplified form of the more precise term ‘digital transformation’ and is a manifestation of the global digital revolution,” — noted in the dictionary’s press service.
Other global trends, according to the project team, such as climate change or gender identity issues, were not as widespread in Ukrainian public discussion this year, while “digitalization” by a wide margin topped the list of the dictionary’s most viewed words, with page views for this word rising 1,535% compared with last year.
Other candidates for word of the year were:
- Ze — short for the surname of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, often used as part of compound words related to the head of state: ze-team, ze-president, ze-candidate
- monomajority — this year, for the first time in the history of Ukrainian parliamentarism, a majority in the Verkhovna Rada was formed by a single party
- turbo mode — a term used to describe the first months of work of the 9th convocation of parliament
- disengagement — withdrawal of troops from the line of demarcation in Donbas
- red lines — a term linked to attempts to settle the situation in Donbas
- prisoners — in September a new exchange of detained persons between Russia and Ukraine took place, and further exchanges are being prepared
Myslovo has been choosing the word of the year for the seventh time, mainly, as it is claimed, based on its popularity and social significance. In previous years, the words of the year were:
- 2013 — Euromaidan
- 2014 — cyborgs
- 2015 — blockade
- 2016 — corruption
- 2017 — visa-free
- 2018 — tomos
This year, Ukraine created the Ministry of Digital Transformation, which plans to carry out large-scale digitalization in the country. According to Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, the country needs to “maximally drive it into digital”.
The Cabinet of Ministers has already launched an electronic service for checking receipts for payment of government services, which will make it possible to stop using paper receipts.
Soon, testing of the Diia app — an online public services platform—is expected to begin in Ukraine.
Earlier, the editors of the Oxford Dictionary named the main word of 2019. It became the expression “climate emergency” — “a state of climate emergency”.
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