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Treccani Publishes Libro dell’Anno 2025, Spotlighting the Year’s Defining Neologisms

The language observatory presents its selections as a snapshot of 2025 usage rather than guaranteed dictionary entries.

Overview

  • Political vocabulary features prominently with entries such as pro-Pal, Brandmauer for Germany’s far-right cordon, and the Arabic term sumud tied to Palestinian resilience.
  • Crime and current-affairs coinages include affidopoli for alleged rigged contract awards, maranza for rowdy youth groups, and the media label droga degli zombie for illicit fentanyl.
  • Technology and online culture yield phrases like allucinazione dell’intelligenza artificiale for AI falsehoods, nudificazione for fake nudes, broligarchia for tech power elites, and metatelefono for a faux phone.
  • Economic terms highlighted include bullismo economico, controdazio for retaliatory tariffs, and cryptogate for a cryptocurrency issuance scandal.
  • Cultural notes credit Antonio Albanese for la qualunque, link occhi spaccanti to Raoul Bova’s registered trademark, and salute Jannik Sinner with ingiocabile, as the 600-page volume also surveys the year’s geopolitics per director Marcello Sorgi.