The German ‘bad word of the year’ for 2023 is ‘remigration’. “In the Identitarian Movement, right-wing parties and other right-wing to right-wing extremist groups, the word has become a euphemism for the demand for forced expulsion and even mass deportations of people with a migration background,” the jury said. the decision.
The use of the word has been criticized for being used last year as a “right-wing fighting term, a euphemistic cover vocabulary and an expression that obscures real intentions”.
When right-wing extremists use the term, they usually mean that large numbers of people of foreign origin are forced to leave the country – even under duress.
‘Social climate’ and ‘Heating Stasi’ in second and third place
In second place, the jury placed the term ‘social climate’, which was used in the course of the German debate on basic child welfare. This choice of words denigrates and slanders the group of people with low income and assets and at the same time stigmatizes the group of children who are affected by poverty or are at risk of falling into poverty. The term ‘Heizungs-Stasi’ comes in third place.
“Chancellor’s Menu” in Austria “Word of the Year”
In Austria, the term ‘Chancellor’s menu’ was chosen as word of the year in December. ‘Climate terrorists’ was chosen as a bad word, and the youth word of the year was ‘Brakka’. Metal trade unionist Reinhold Binder’s statement: “One-off payments can fail” topped the rankings for “Saying of the Year”.
Source: Krone
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