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“Vibe Coding” is Collins’ Dictionary word of the year

Rob Beschizza
Nov 06, 2025
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Every dictionary going has a word of the year now, and if you want an app to keep track of them all but don’t have any programming skills, Collins’ selection for 2025 might help: “Vibe Coding.”

Tired of wrestling with syntax? Just go with the vibes. That’s the essence of vibe coding, Collins’ Word of the Year 2025, a term that capture…

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