Top-40 Words for Word of the Year 2026 Announced
"Kolobok," "Max," and NPPZ have entered the top 40 candidates for the "Word of the Year-2026," reported TASS at the press service of the "Lingva" imprint.
Consensus
- The words 'Колобок', 'Макс', 'НПЗ', 'нишевий', 'нейрослоп', and 'междометие газ' were included in the top-40 list of candidates for 'Word of the Year-2026'.
- The selection was conducted by an expert group under the imprint 'Лингва'.
- The criteria for selection included relevance, popularity, and societal impact.
- The announcement was made on September 2.
- The expert group included over 80 linguists, philologists, journalists, writers, directors, actors, media personalities, and academics.
Points of divergence
- The list includes additional words such as 'брейнрот', 'вайбкодинг', 'белые списки', 'прайм-эра', 'промпт', 'проявленность', 'ред-флаг', 'локальность', 'лор', 'отмена', and 'тревожность'. — vm
- The list includes only 'нишевый', 'нейрослоп' and 'сикс-севен' in addition to 'Колобок', 'Mакс', and 'НПЗ'. — tg_tass_agency
- The longest recorded word in Russian has 55 letters and was found in a patent title for a chemical compound; previously, the longest word was 'превысокомногорассмотрительнный' with 35 letters. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- «KoloBok», «MAKS» and «neiroslop» entered the top 40 candidates for «Word of the Year-2026» — Вечерняя Москва
- "Kolobok", "Max" and NPPZ entered the top 40 candidates for "Word of the Year-2026", TASS reported at the press service of the imprint "Lingva". — ТАСС (Telegram)