Based on the results of a popular vote, Cambridge Dictionary has named “nomophobia” – the “fear or worry at the idea of being without your mobile phone or unable to use it” – as word of the year.
To arrive at the winning word, Cambridge Dictionary asked its blog readers and social media followers to weigh in on a shortlist of four words chosen by the dictionary's editors. The shortlist choices were selected from the year's new additions to the online dictionary and were chosen based on their popularity and relevance.
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