We Asked, You Answered: More Global Buzzwords for 2023, from Precariat to Solastalgia

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"Microplastics."

"Solastalgia."

"Migrants."

"The ill-paid temps and contingent workers that some have called the 'precariat.'" These are just a few of the words NPR wants to watch for in 2023.

It asked readers to nominate buzzwords to watch for in the year ahead, and here are five to watch: Microplastics: "Some tiny bits of plasticsome too small to be seen with the naked eyeare popping up all over the globe, in nature, and in humans, raising concerns about their impact on both the environment and health."

So lastalgia: "Just the anticipation of a natural disaster can produce its own kind of sadness called solastalgia."

Migrants: "Migrants make up a large share of the world's precariat.

They are a cause of its growth and in danger of becoming its primary victims, demonized and made the scapegoat of problems not of their making."

Precariat: "Someone who lives precariously, who does not live in security."

So lastalgia: "Power has become concentrated among elites' decision makers who make decisions that benefit themselves but are maladaptive for the population and environment ('maladaptation' could be a buzzword too

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