Overview
- Le Robert released its year-to-date list for Jan. 1–Dec. 1, reporting more than 50 million page views on its free Dico en ligne platform.
- ‘Masculinisme’ posted the sharpest rise in consultations at +800% year on year, with interest boosted by social media figures and Netflix’s series Adolescence.
- ‘Conclave’ saw exceptional activity tied to France’s pension-reform conclave early in the year and the papal conclave following Pope François’s death on April 21.
- The list also features ‘wesh,’ ‘eugénisme,’ ‘entrisme,’ ‘séditieux,’ ‘submersion’ and ‘vassal,’ reflecting a mix of slang, political vocabulary and historical terms.
- The archaic ‘gougnafier’ briefly spiked in June after a Senegalese official used it to disparage President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, prompting controversy.