George’s 2025 Word of the Year (opens in new tab)

And the Word of the Year for 2025 is… GEORGE, the newspaper borne of an age of Information Overload, and created for those with short attention spans or those who are short on time, has chosen the neologism “enshittification” as its 2025 Word of the Year. Enshittification, which is also known as “platform decay,” describes the deterioration of online platforms and services as the user experience decays over time. This decay is ...