One expert says popular culture is playing a role in students deciding which languages to learn.
The American dictionary said users are seeking out the word's meaning as they try to navigate what is real and what is fake.
"We need efforts like this to keep it alive."
"The very matter of the definition of the word 'woman' was at the centre of so many consequential moments."
The online dictionary's top word of 2022 may indeed be another controversial one.
English speakers struggle to pronounce Qatar because each letter in the word isn't exactly as it seems.
"Te reo Māori is endangered in the land it comes from."
The word has been used in English publications since at least 1987.
Plain language officers would educate workers in writing clearly and concisely, and monitor compliance..
