Correct Answer : Option (D) - Homer
* “Homer” was chosen by the Cambridge Dictionary as the word of the year for 2022, citing Wordle as its source of inspiration.
* When the word “homer” was a response in the word game Wordle, it was searched almost 75,000 times during the first week of May 2022.
* The term “homer” in the context of the game does not allude to the Greek poet and author or a Simpsons character, but rather to an informal American English term for a baseball “home run.”
* Homer, a word, which is only known to Americans.
* Homer is short for a home run which means a point scored in baseball when you hit the ball, usually out of the playing field, and are able to run around all the bases at one time to the starting base..
* Cambridge Dictionary as the word of the year for 2022 :
Homer* Cambridge Dictionary as the word of the year for 2021 :
Perseverance* Cambridge Dictionary as the word of the year for 2020 :
Quarantine* Cambridge Dictionary as the word of the year for 2019 :
upcycling* Cambridge Dictionary as the word of the year for 2018 :
nomophobiaSource : Times of India
