Renovation, HYIP, Bitcoin: 10 Key Words of 2017

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

A short dictionary that reflects the most memorable moments of the outgoing year.

The Expert Council at the Center for the Creative Development of the Russian Language has published a rating of the main words of 2017. They were selected from more than 200 candidate words that are suggested by users of the Word of the Year Facebook group. Here it is, the top ten most popular words of the year.

1. Renovation

The main word of the outgoing year, which became popular in April 2017 thanks to the Moscow City Hall. Over the course of 15 years, more than 5,000 old houses will be demolished in the city and new housing will be built in their place. This is called "renovation".

The program of the mayor's office for the renovation of housing affected every tenth Muscovite, therefore, caused a storm of emotions on the part of the population. In May 2017, the renovation was mentioned in the media even more often than its initiator, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

2. Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a virtual currency that exists only on the Web and does not belong to any state or person. This is a cherished word that has captured the minds of millions of people around the world, including in Russia.

The excitement has caused an incredible rise in the Bitcoin exchange rate.

In 2016, Bitcoin was worth about $ 1,000, at the beginning of 2017 - $ 3,242, and on December 17, it reached an all-time high of $ 19,111. The world recognized the first Bitcoin billionaires, and those who haven't bought Bitcoin before are now biting their elbows.

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3. Hype

The word comes from the English hype and translates as "loud advertising", "throwing dust in the eyes." In fact, "hype" means hype and excitement around an event or person.

The word became popular in early 2017. Hype called the situation around the rape of Diana Shurygina, which was shown several times on federal channels. The ratings were colossal, and the topic was sucked out of the finger for further discussion.

The word has become so popular and so firmly established that it is now used in advertising and is used by federal officials (for example, Vladislav Surkov).

4. Toxic

The word comes from the Latin toxicus and means "poisonous", "capable of poisoning."

Originally "toxic" is a medical term. But in 2017, the word began to be used in a new context: relationships, people, parents, decisions, politicians, sports and much more were called toxic.

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5. Battle

The word comes from the English battle and means battle, battle, fight. Battles are held among rappers, graffiti artists, street dancers.

The word became popular in 2017 thanks to two Russian rappers: Oxxxymiron (Miron Fedorov) and Purulent (Vyacheslav Mashnov). The performers fought verbally, criticizing each other for creativity and facts from the biography. Purulent won.

The video of the battle has gained over 29 million views on YouTube. The event became popular not only on the Internet, but also in the federal media. Rappers were discussed on television, politicians and show business stars spoke about them.

6. Doping

The word is not new, but in 2017 it caused a storm of emotions among Russians. Our athletes were accused of doping, deprived of previously earned medals, suspended from participation in international competitions, and at the end of the year they were completely banned from participating in the 2018 Olympics under the Russian flag.

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7. Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a generic term for a digital virtual currency based on cryptographic techniques. Cryptocurrencies include Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and others.

The rise in the bitcoin rate has drawn attention to the entire cryptocurrency. As a result, the word became popular among Russians in 2017. For example, in October, the media wrote about cryptocurrency 9,000 times a week (this is nine times more than at the beginning of the year).

The Ministry of Finance of Russia is talking about cryptocurrency, officials are going to develop a federal law on the regulation of cryptocurrency, and neighboring Belarus has completely allowed all operations with cryptocurrencies, including mining. So the cryptocurrency has every chance of taking a higher place in the ranking of the main words of 2018.

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8. Fake

The word comes from the English fake and means forgery, deception, falsification, distortion of the truth. It gained popularity back in 2016 in connection with the presidential elections in the United States, and in 2017 it began to be used even more often.

The word "fake" is most often used to refer to fake accounts, news and social media posts.

For example, in October 2017, the Russia Today TV channel published a fake news about Putinburger: allegedly in a New York restaurant in honor of the birthday of the Russian president, a five-story burger with five cutlets weighing almost two kilograms was added to the menu.

In fact, it was not true, and the news was deleted. The space on the Internet is filled with such fakes, so the word got into the 2017 list.

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9. Visa-free

A visa-free regime, or in short, a visa-free regime, is a regime of relations between countries, when citizens of these states do not need to obtain a visa to enter their territory. Simply put, this is a mode when you can go to another country without any invitations, certificates from the place of work, study or from a bank.

Visa-free travel with EU countries was introduced in June 2017 for citizens of Ukraine. The news caused a storm of emotions among Russians: many dream of a visa-free regime with the European Union, but it went not to us, but to our neighbors. Therefore, the message about the abolition of visas for Ukrainians was widely discussed both in the media and in social networks.

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10. Harassment / harassment

The word "harassment" is borrowed from the English language and means sexual harassment. This is unwanted attention of a sexual nature that embarrasses the victim. These are not only attempts to rape, but also dubious jokes, gestures, sounds that can offend and humiliate.

The word became popular in October 2017. Then there was an investigation by The New York Times about the harassment of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in relation to actresses.

The article stated that the producer had molested the girls for many years, and then paid off the accusations. Many actresses spoke about the incidents, including Hollywood stars: Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie.

The investigation raised such a wave that many began to talk about the harassment. Accusations fell on actor Kevin Spacey, director and screenwriter James Toback, director Brett Ratner and many others.

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