Nick Norlen and Grant Barrett write: “To determine the 2023 Word of the Year, we gave ourselves a prompt: Using lexicography and data science, choose a single word that best represents, at this moment, AI’s many profound ramifications for the future of language and life. The Dictionary.com Word of the Year is ‘hallucinate.’” Merriam-Webster also took its word of the year, “authentic,” from the technology world, while Collins Dictionary simply selected “AI.” Oxford Languages picked “rizz,” shortened slang for “charisma,” and Australian publisher Macquarie opted for “cozzie livs,” slang for “cost of living.”