Donald Trump may have exited the White House but he has left a permanent mark on the English language, with the Macquarie Dictionary labelling fake news, a term Trump used frequently, the word of the decade.

The Australian dictionarys senior editor, Victoria Morgan, says its a fitting title given the way fake news has evolved over the past few years.

It wasnt uncommon for former US president Donald Trump to label critical stories fake news.Credit:Bloomberg

Fake news is different from making a mistake, Morgan says. Its deliberate misinformation. The first definition stands, but what we have is a second definition where its a term used to refer to information thats viewed as being opposed to or detrimental to someones own position. So [fake news] is now being used to attack real news and rob it of its credibility.

And before you ask, no, it isnt wrong to call fake news a word even though its made up of two separate entries in the dictionary.

Read the original:

Fake news? No, it really is Macquarie Dictionarys word of the decade - Sydney Morning Herald