These are the children’s and teen’s word of the year

“Ma stobbe” has become the child’s word of 2021. With 60.53 percent of the vote, it is a convincing winner, followed by “Bruh” with 16 percent of the vote and “Bro” with 8.47 percent, “Guest” with 7.53 percent and “LOL” with 7, 41 percent of the vote. “Ma stobbe” means “stop” but pronounced cooler.

The teen news channel nws.nws.nws went in search of the teen word of the year for the third time. That honor this year went to “Bestie” with 27.38 percent of the vote, followed by “Sheesh”. “Drip” and “Fissa”. “Bestie” means best friend.

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“The fact that there are no corona words in the list again this year proves the resilience of many children and young people,” says Geertje Slangen, language advisor at the VRT. “They are not guided by what controls the adult world, but go their own way. The words come from their experience. They embrace society as it is and do their thing with it. Language for children and young people arises in the world of TikTok, Instagram and slang. That world is full of diversity and language variation.”

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