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Watch these people get pie-faced: misspelling the 'it' words of 2016

Spell the new words from the Oxford English Dictionary or suffer the messy consequences.

Pie Face Spelling Bee - Because News

8 years ago
Duration 1:39
Pie Face Spelling Bee

The Because News panellists had no trouble guessing the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year...

Post-truth is defined as "an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion."

It doesn't seem matter if the facts are wrong these days, we go with our gut – an act for which you should be pied in the face!

Gavin quizzed this week's panellists, Arisa Cox, Kris Siddiqi and Tom Howell, on their knowledge of the words the OED put on the short list.  

Guess the meaning of these words, and click on the links to see the answer!

1. Woke

2. Hygge

​3. Coulrophobia

4. Latinx

5. Adulting

To hear how our panellists fared, click the audio link above.