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'Maxxing' named Dictionary.com word of the year
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Dictionary.com has selected 'maxxing' as its 2026 Word of the Year, reflecting the viral social media trend. The term, short for maximizing, captures Americans' desire to push efforts further, according to an expert.
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How the outlets frame it
3 outlets, each read from its own headline and opening- Stands outNew York Post (mildly sensational, some charged words) and CBS News (mildly sensational, some charged words).
- PlainestBBC News.
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Does the report cast the development as bad news or good news?
All 3 read as neutral.
Does the report play the story up to grab attention?
BBC News stands apart as measured; the other 2 read as mildly sensational.
Do the words judge rather than describe?
BBC News stands apart as neutral wording; the other 2 read as some charged words.
Does the report give room to one side only?
Both read as straight.
1 outlet not placed: the reading was split between distant levels.
All 3 outlets and the headlines they were read from
BBC News
'Maxxing' selected as Dictionary.com word of the yearFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Measured · Loaded language: Neutral wording · Slant: not placed
CBS News
Dictionary.com announces its 2026 Word of the YearFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
New York Post
Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year is one of the most viral — and controversial — terms to dateFraming: Neutral · Sensationalism: Mildly sensational · Loaded language: Some charged words · Slant: Straight
Each outlet is read blind: a classifier sees its headline and opening next to the story's own headline, without the outlet's name, and scores how the report presents the story. A logo sits at the classifier's average reading, so it can fall between two levels. These readings compare coverage of this story only; they are not ratings of the outlets.
Where the outlets diverge
Two headlines from opposite endsSensationalism · Measured → Sensational
Loaded language · Neutral → Loaded
The story as a whole
Read from all the reports togetherAffects a specific US group
Single event
No time pressure
Expert analysis
Attributed to unnamed sources
Not political
No violence reported
Other signals
4 found · 17 not present- Article typeNews report
- TopicCulture and entertainment
- What a reader getsNew facts
- ToneNeutral and factual
- Policy areanot present
- Government levelnot present
- Where it happensnot present
- Main political actornot present
- Civil liberties questionnot present
- Market relevancenot present
- Which marketunclear
- Market horizonnot present
- Who is economically affectednot present
- Corporate dimensionnot present
- Conflict dimensionnot present
- Conflict direction reportednot present
- Humanitarian impactnot present
- Public safetynot present
- Public healthnot present
- Scientific evidencenot present
- Legal risk in the reportingnot present
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