And the 2018 Cambridge Dictionary's People's Word of the Year is ...

The Cambridge Dictionary asked the world to choose which new word best sums up 2018, and the people have spoken ...

... nomophobia, the fear of being separated from your phone, is officially this year’s word.

Though it doesn’t reflect terribly well on society, the three other contenders bummed us out even more — check them out here and tell us what you think.