Both politically and culturally, 2016 was a turbulent year and the Oxford English Dictionary has recognised this in its latest update, with "woke" and "post-truth" now included.
The original meaning of woke is to awaken after sleep but the word now has a political meaning after being taken up by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
5 ways to help the environment while on vacationThe Week Recommends An afternoon of planting trees could be the best part of your trip
-
Doctors are taking on dental duties in low-income areasUnder the radar Physicians are biting into the dentistry industry
-
Instagram hopes that blurring nudity in messages will make teens saferThe Explainer The option will be turned on by default for users under 18
-
The Master and Margarita: the new adaptation causing consternation at the KremlinWhy Everyone's Talking About Pro-Putin groups have called for the film's director to be charged as a terrorist
-
Unpasteurised milk and the American rightUnder the radar Former darling of health-conscious liberal foodies is now a 'conservative culture war signal': a sign of mistrust in experts
-
The new 'boom' in Latin American fictionWhy everyone's talking about Almost a quarter of International Booker Prize longlist comes from South America, a region in turmoil
-
Poonam Pandey: the Indian model who faked her own deathWhy Everyone's Talking About The Bollywood star has a reputation for outlandish stunts
-
Unsung heroes of the year 2023Under the radar The Week salutes those whose remarkable achievements deserve greater recognition
-
Miss Universe 2023: win for inclusion or nothing to celebrate?Talking Point Beauty pageant included mothers, plus-sized models and trans women – but fails to distract from global conflict
-
Bad Bunny joins in criticism of AI musicSpeed Read Concern growing in music industry over generative learning, unauthorised impersonations and copyright issues
-
A reckoning over looted artThe Explainer Thousands of artifacts in U.S. and European collections were stolen from their countries of origin. Should they be sent back?
