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Words of the year from Twitter, 2014

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Three bots have been collecting words from Twitter for the past year.

They've looked for certain sentences and extracted the X.

Combining and comparing the logs of all three, let's see what the top words of 2014 are.

Combined output

2014 total: 333,449

  1. bae (25,689)
  2. thot (7,787)
  3. no (6,888)
  4. mines (5,038)
  5. love (3,662)
  6. moist (3,305)
  7. impossible (3,092)
  8. ain't (2,960)
  9. loved (2,954)
  10. cunt (2,646)
  11. conversate (2,175)
  12. homophobia (2,064)
  13. loyalty (1,982)
  14. soon (1,767)
  15. panties (1,741)
  16. sorry (1,617)
  17. selfie (1,613)
  18. bitch (1,585)
  19. justice (1,542)
  20. babe (1,531)
lovihatibotnixibotfavibot
2014 total: 192,3882014 total: 118,0952014 total: 22,974
  1. bae (23,955)
  2. thot (6,855)
  3. no (6,469)
  4. moist (3,276)
  5. cunt (2,487)
  6. homophobia (2,053)
  7. panties (1,738)
  8. soon (1,728)
  9. selfie (1,538)
  10. babe (1,494)
  11. bitch (1,454)
  12. sorry (1,454)
  13. sexy (1,318)
  14. fuck (1,175)
  15. swag (1,139)
  16. love (1,098)
  17. pussy (1,065)
  18. bruh (1,061)
  19. fleek (1,008)
  20. baby (860)
  1. mines (5,002)
  2. impossible (3,031)
  3. loved (2,942)
  4. ain't (2,812)
  5. love (2,560)
  6. conversate (2,154)
  7. loyalty (1,907)
  8. bae (1,585)
  9. justice (1,536)
  10. funner (1,496)
  11. irregardless (1,209)
  12. forever (1,122)
  13. worser (994)
  14. anyways (983)
  15. stupider (856)
  16. bestest (799)
  17. alot (753)
  18. thot (711)
  19. finna (707)
  20. marriage (683)
  1. thot (224)
  2. no (194)
  3. bruh (176)
  4. bae (151)
  5. twizzle (130)
  6. fuckboy (121)
  7. cunt (115)
  8. hella (106)
  9. rad (92)
  10. twat (84)
  11. sassy (83)
  12. bitch (74)
  13. fuck (64)
  14. irrelevant (64)
  15. slunt (58)
  16. wow (57)
  17. dingus (52)
  18. slay (49)
  19. swanky (49)
  20. yikes (47)

Here's top 10 charts for each phrase from each bot. 

@lovihatbot

I love the word XI hate the word X
  1. cunt (1,253)
  2. fuck (1,075)
  3. bae (1,029)
  4. thot (700)
  5. bitch (661)
  6. babe (497)
  7. woman (323)
  8. moist (309)
  9. delicious (295)
  10. rad (269)
  1. bae (22,926)
  2. no (6,274)
  3. thot (6,155)
  4. moist (2,967)
  5. homophobia (2,052)
  6. soon (1,700)
  7. panties (1,671)
  8. selfie (1,506)
  9. sorry (1,446)
  10. sexy (1,281)

@nixibot

X is not a wordX isn't a wordX ain't a word
  1. mines (3,174)
  2. impossible (2,769)
  3. love (1,554)
  4. loved (1,517)
  5. conversate (1,395)
  6. loyalty (1,208)
  7. bae (1,127)
  8. forever (1,078)
  9. irregardless (922)
  10. anyways (602)
  1. mines (1,745)
  2. justice (1,529)
  3. loved (1,425)
  4. ain't (1,100)
  5. funner (888)
  6. love (878)
  7. conversate (715)
  8. stupider (589)
  9. bestest (538)
  10. bae (443)
  1. ain't (1,131)
  2. loyalty (380)
  3. ignorantest (314)
  4. love (128)
  5. mines (83)
  6. impossible (75)
  7. perfect (54)
  8. worser (45)
  9. just (44)
  10. conversate (44)

@favibot

X is my new favorite wordX is my new favourite wordX is my new fave word
  1. thot (187)
  2. no (177)
  3. bruh (145)
  4. twizzle (123)
  5. bae (111)
  6. fuckboy (96)
  7. cunt (82)
  8. hella (79)
  9. rad (65)
  10. bitch (61)
  1. sassy (45)
  2. bae (30)
  3. cunt (30)
  4. thot (26)
  5. quiche (23)
  6. bruh (21)
  7. rad (20)
  8. hella (20)
  9. twat (18)
  10. bitchachos (17)
  1. thot (11)
  2. bae (10)
  3. bruh (10)
  4. fuckboy (9)
  5. rad (7)
  6. sassy (7)
  7. bitchachos (7)
  8. puta (7)
  9. hella (7)
  10. literally (6)

Change from 2013

Let's see how mentions have changed for some of 2013's words.

People talking about words ‒ especially new favourite  words, or loved words, or hated words, or words they've decided don't exist ‒ may be a good indicator of brand new words or at least words with new currency. Both increases and decreases may reflect an underlying change in use, and decreases may reflect an acceptance of the words.

Bae (babe) emerged in April 2013, peaked at 3,880 in May 2014 and tailed off to 1,602 by December. This is the stronger of the two. Neal Whitman charts its ascent and its use throughout 2014 whilst James Hamblin laments its death since brands have adopted it.

Similarly, thot ("that hoe over there") emerged in March 2013 and grew steadily to a peak of 1,400 uses in March 2014 and dropped off to 162 by December. 

Selfie (a shared photo taken with one's own phone) had a couple of mentions in April 2013, and peaked in March 2014 with 373, ending the year with 86 in December.

Ratchet (a diva) peaked with 130 in March 2014, dropping to 20 by December.

New in 2014

Here's a few new to these charts.

Fleek, or more fully on fleek, means on point, on the mark, stylish, amazing or impeccable. First mentioned in August 2014, it's still riding the peak. First used on Vine by Peaches Monroe in June 2014, it was later popularised by Ariana Grande, who sang the Vine on MTV in August.

Bruh (bro, brother), not a new word but with just a few mentions throughout 2013, picked up in March 2014, and peaked in June/July 2014. Use is likely spurred on by its use in a Vine clip from May 2014 and in copied Vines:

CallHimBzar took the clip, and a friend of his named Headgraphix, added a disappointed “bruh” as Farmer collapsed. The “bruh” is meant to imply, “bruh, you’re a 6’7, 220-lb guy, and you beat the shit out of your girlfriend, quit acting like a bitch.” The Vine quickly blew up, and after seeing all the excitement surrounding the Vine, Headgraphix and CallHimBzar started the #BruhMovement, encouraging others to make their own Bruh Vines. And Bruh Vine they did… to the  tune of thousands of Bruh vines.

Likewise, fuckboy isn't new, but has seen increasing mentions. Know Your Meme says:

“Fuckboy” used as a pejorative toward men who are perceived as oversexed or disrespectful toward women. On Tumblr, the term has also spawned a derivative phrase “en garde (English: on your guard), fuckboy," which is often accompanied with images of skeletons in a similar vein to 2Spooky.

Intensifier hella saw some use in 2013, but it increased in 2014 peaking between February and August.

Finally, twizzle was a one-off coinciding with the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Virtually every mention was in February 2014 nearly all as a "favorite word" (with US spelling). 

FanSided confirms the US connection to the Olympics:

If you have been watching figure skating throughout the 2014 Winter Olympics, it is impossible not to notice the term “twizzle” that is constantly being dropped by Tara Lipinksi and Johnny Weir throughout the Sochi Games.

2015

For words causing a reaction in 2015, follow @lovihatibot, @nixibot and @favibot on Twitter.