In this episode, Lindsay and Kerstin wrap up the year by reviewing a BIG crop of Words of the Year from Australia, the USA, the UK, Germany, Portugal and Japan.

We also create a Spanish version of #yolo, explain why Austria is going to Ibiza, and figure out the Portuguese nominations (even though we don't know a lot of Portuguese).

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Links:

• Google's Year in Search - Google Trends
• 'Voice' named 2019 word of the year by Australian National Dictionary Centre | Australia news | The Guardian
• PALAVRA DO ANO
• Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2019 – About Words – Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog
• Cancelled for sadfishing: the top 10 words of 2019 | Science | The Guardian
• The Word of the Year Is “Existential,” So Here Are Our 75 Headiest Stories
• The Spanish word of the year 2019 - Yabla Spanish - Free Spanish Lessons
• Language Stories
• From the Margins : Reviews : The Gentle Good : Ruins / Adfeilion — Welsh folk
• 2019 Wrapped