'Me Too' Named As 2018's Word Of The Year

Macquarie Dictionary's 'word of the year' for 2018 has been named, with 'Me Too' beating 15 other words for the title.

Other contenders included 'BDE' (big dick energy) and 'deepfake' (fake-porn videos).

'Me Too' has been used to describe the movement following the sexual assault allegations levelled against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, and subsequently the #MeToo movement is associated with other allegations against powerful figures.

"While the Me Too movement took off in 2017 with #MeToo, it has definitely maintained its momentum, and in 2018 it started to spread its linguistic wings beyond the hashtag and the name of the movement, answering an obvious need in the discourse surrounding this social upheaval," the Macquarie word of the year committee statement said.

"So, the fact that Me Too is now being used as a verb and as an adjective, combined with the undeniable significance of the movement, made the Committee's choice for Word of the Year 2018 a fairly straightforward decision."

The 2017 word of the year was 'Milkshake Duck', referring to the process of something becoming popular online, only to be brought down when a scandal emerges. 

It became a popular term following this tweet: