And the word of the year is…

Listeners of the ‘Góðan morgun Føroyar’ morning radio programme have been sending in their nominations for their favourite new Faroese word.

The top ten candidate words were:

• Avgjald (Charge/Excise duty)

• Fótfjøtur (Ankle monitor/Electronic tag)

• Gongugjald (Hiking fee)

• Havnarstongsul (Port ban)

• Heimloysi (Homelessness)

• Ja takk-tilboð (Yes-please offer)

• Lønarlyft (Salary increase)

• Tingkvinna (Female member of Parliament)

• Tøkugjald (Special aquaculture tax)

• Vitlíki (Artificial intelligence)

The judging panel, representing Faroese language and media institutions, settled on ‘Vitlíki’ as their word of the year.

The eighth word of the year

The list of previous words of the year goes as follows:

2016: Hjúnabandslóg (Marriage Act)

2017: Fiskivinnunýskipan (Fishery reform)

2018: Ræstkjøtaburgari (Fermented lamb burger)

2019: Heimafriður (A quiet home)

2020: Sóttarhald (Quarantine)

2021: Sammóðir (Co-mother)

2022: Stuttflutt (Locally sourced)

2023: Vitlíki (Artificial intelligence)

Word of the year in Denmark: Chat GPT

Word of the year in Norway: KI generert (AI-generated)

Word of the year in the UK: Rizz

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