Renovation, HYIP, bitcoin: 10 mots 2017

Expert advice at the Center for Creative Development of the Russian language published rating mots 2017. They were selected from more than 200 candidate words that offer users of the group "word of the year"To Facebook. Here it is, ten most popular words of the year.

1. renovation

The key word of the outgoing year, which became popular in April 2017 thanks to the Moscow City Hall. For 15 years, the city demolished more than 5000 old houses and build in their place new housing. This is called "renovation."

City Hall program of housing renewal touched every tenth Muscovite, so has caused a storm of emotions on the part of the population. In May 2017 the renovation was mentioned in the media even more than its initiator, the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin.

2. Bitcoin

Bitcoin - a cryptocurrency, virtual currency, which only exists in the network and does not belong to any state or person. This is the magic word, which had captured the imagination of millions of people around the world, including in Russia.

Excitement caused incredible growth rate bitcoins.

In 2016, bitcoin was worth about 1000 dollars at the beginning of 2017 - 3242 dollars and 17 December reached a historic high - 19 111 dollars. The world has learned the first bitkoynovyh billionaires, and those who did not buy bitcoins before, now biting his elbows.

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3. HYIP

The word comes from the English and hype translates as "hype" "hype". In fact, "HYIP" is a buzz and excitement around some event or person.

The word became popular in the early 2017. HYIP We called the situation around Shurygina rape of Diana, which was shown on the federal channels several times. The ratings were huge, and the topic sucked from the finger for further discussion.

The word has become so popular and so become a part of everyday life, that now it is used in advertising and use federal officials (for example, Vladislav Surkov).

4. toxic

The word derives from the Latin toxicus means "poisonous", "capable of poison."

Initially, the "toxic" - a medical term. But in 2017 began to use the word in a new context: called toxic relationships, people, parents, decision, policy, sports and more.

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5. Buttle

The word comes from English and means battle battle, fight, fight. Battles are conducted among rappers, graffiti artists and street dancers.

Word was made popular in 2017 by two Russian rappers: Oxxxymiron (Miron Fedorov) and purulent (Vyacheslav machine interface). Artists fought verbally criticize each other's work and the facts from the biography. Festering won.

Video Buttle gained on YouTube over 29 million views. The event has become popular not only online, but also in the national media. Rappers talked on television about them expressed policy and show business stars.

6. dope

The word is not new, but in 2017 it caused a storm of emotions among Russians. Our athletes accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs, deprived of earned medals previously, is excluded from the international competitions, and at the end of the year and they do forbidden to participate in the Olympic Games 2018 under the Russian flag.

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7. cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency - a generic term for digital virtual currency based on cryptographic techniques. Cryptocurrency - this Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum, and others.

The growth of Bitcoin has drawn attention to the entire cryptocurrency. As a result, the word became popular among Russians in 2017. For example, in October, the media wrote cryptocurrency about 9000 times a week (that's nine times more than in the beginning of the year).

About cryptocurrency says Russia's Finance Ministry, officials are going to develop a federal law regulation cryptocurrency and neighboring Belarus and completely solved all operations cryptocurrency, including including mining. So that cryptocurrency have every chance to occupy a higher place in the ranking of top 2018 words.

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8. Feick

The word comes from English and means fake forgery, cheating, falsification, distortion of the truth. It has gained popularity back in 2016 in connection with US presidential elections, and in 2017 began to be used more often.

The word "fake" is most often used to refer to create fake accounts, news and posts in social networks.

For example, in October 2017 on the TV channel Russia Today came the news about feykovye "Putinburger": that in New York restaurant in honor of the Russian president's birthday on the menu added a five-story burger patties with five weighing almost two kg.

In fact, it was not true, and news deleted. Like fake filled space on the Internet, so the word got into the list in 2017.

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9. Bezviz

Visa-free regime for short or bezviz - this mode of relations between the countries, where the citizens of these countries do not require a visa for entry into their territories. Simply put, this mode when you can go to another country, having no invitations, certificates of employment, study or from the bank.

Bezviz with the European Union introduced in June 2017 for Ukrainian citizens. The news caused a storm of emotions among Russians: visa-free regime with the European Union the dream of many, and he got to us than our neighbors. Therefore, a message on the abolition of visas for Ukrainians and was widely discussed in the media and in social networks.

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10. Harassment / harassment

The word "harassment" is borrowed from the English language and means of sexual harassment. We are talking about the unwelcome attention of a sexual nature, which puts the victim in an awkward position. It is not only attempted rape, but also dubious jokes, gestures, sounds, which may offend and humiliate.

The word became popular in October 2017. Then came investigation The New York Times about the harassment Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in relation to the actresses.

The article said that the producer for years aspired to the girls, and then pay off the charges. Incidents have told many actresses, including Hollywood stars: Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie.

The investigation has raised a wave of harassment that began to tell many. Charges rained down on the actor Kevin Spacey, director and screenwriter James Toback, director Brett Ratner and many others.

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