Nominations for Words of the Year can be submitted all year long to woty@americandialect.org. All previous winners are listed here.
- "Occupy" is the 2011 Word of the Year January 6, 2012
- Nominations for 2011 word of the year posted January 5, 2012
- Fodder for the 2011 Words of the Year Vote January 4, 2012
- Schedule and Abstracts for 2012 Annual Meeting in Portland (Updated) December 6, 2011
- What's Your Word of the Year? November 30, 2011
- Call for papers: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2012, Portland April 27, 2011
- "App" voted 2010 word of the year by the American Dialect Society (UPDATED) January 8, 2011
- Nominations for 2010 word of the year posted January 7, 2011
- UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8 January 3, 2011
- Now accepting nominations for the 2010 word of the year December 20, 2010
- UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8 November 3, 2010
- 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google” January 8, 2010
- Word of the year 2009 and word of the decade 2000-2009 nominations finalized; voting January 8 January 7, 2010
- Early nominations received for the 2009 word of the year vote December 21, 2009
- Now accepting nominations for the 2009 “word of the year” and the 2000-9 “word of the decade” November 15, 2009
- American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2010 Baltimore, January 7–9 (UPDATED) November 10, 2009
- Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009 January 16, 2009
- American Dialect Society 2008 Word of the Year is “Bailout” January 9, 2009
- UPDATED: Early nominations for the grandaddy of all 2008 word-of-the-year votes are released December 29, 2008
- American Dialect Society seeks 2008 word-of-the-year nominations November 20, 2008
- “Subprime” voted 2007 word of the year January 4, 2008
- 2007 words of the year nominations posted January 3, 2008
- Early Word of the Year Nominations for 2007 December 18, 2007
- Nominate your 2007 words of the year November 17, 2007
- “Plutoed” Voted 2006 Word of the Year January 5, 2007
- 2006 Words of the Year Nominations Are Complete; Voting Fri., Jan. 5 January 5, 2007
- More word-of-the-year nominations January 3, 2007
- Word of the Year Nominations Being Accepted December 24, 2006
- Words of the Year Nominating Commences December 13, 2006
- Updated Program and Sked for 2007 Conference December 11, 2006
- Truthiness Voted 2005 Word of the Year January 6, 2006
- 2005 Word of the Year Nominations January 6, 2006
- Words of the Year 2005 Preview December 21, 2005
- 2004 Words of the Year January 7, 2005
- 2004 Words of the Year Nominations Received December 28, 2004
- 2004 Words of the Year Vote scheduled December 27, 2004
- 2003 Words of the Year January 13, 2004
- 2002 Words of the Year January 13, 2003
- 2001 Words of the Year January 13, 2002
- 2001 Words of the Year Vote Anticipated December 19, 2001
- 2000 Words of the Year January 13, 2001
- 1999 Words of the Year, Word of the 1990s, Word of the 20th Century, Word of the Millennium January 13, 2000
- 1998 Words of the Year January 13, 1999