Dictionary.com's 2021 Word of the Year

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 9, 2021

Dictionary.com’s word of 2021 is "Allyship." John Kelly, Dictionary.com's associate director of content and education, joins to discuss why they have selected "Allyship" as the word of the year, and walk us through the process of how slang and buzzwords become official words.

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