Demure,” a word that went viral over the summer, has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 word of the year –– beating out other contenders like “brainrot,” “brat,” and “weird.”

This may have been the year of "Brat summer," but by August another buzzworthy phrase had usurped it in the pop culture lexicon.

Dictionary.com has released its annual Word of the Year for 2024. The online dictionary chose “demure" as the Word of the Year, but “extreme weather" ranked high in searches in 2024.