I never thought it would happen, but this year I've become a Barça fan (and a big one!). I've followed them all season and celebrated the League title like any other culer. At home, everyone had to watch the Super Cup and Champions League matches. I even dragged a friend to Barcelona to watch the last League match. It was the first time – and also the last – that we were able to see Alexia Putellas play for Barça and, even though the League was already more than won, the blaugranes played a very good match. I don't want to detract from Hansi Flick's team in any way, but the ones who, at 24 years old, have made me a Barça follower are Cata, Patri, Mapi, Pina, Kika, and Alexia. For me, and for many others, 'Barça' is the Women's team, without the adjective, by default; it's the unmarked form, even if it goes against the norm.

A couple of weeks ago, the town council of a village in the Raiguer region published a statement explaining the closure of some local businesses due to structural problems with their roofs. While the situation was newsworthy, that wasn't the most surprising aspect of the statement. What was striking was that the deficiencies had been detected during a routine inspection—not during an ongoing one—and that studies were subsequently initiated to determine the need for a complete renovation—not just a complete roof overhaul—because the structure was built with ceramic beams. These premises will be closed "until the complete replacement of the roof is carried out," that is, until it has all been replaced.

What do the nouns 'macha', 'climate crisis', 'mental health', and 'tardecer' have in common? And the adjectives 'queer' and 'gaziano'? They are all words used today in Catalan, and this year they were candidates to be chosen as the neologism of the year 2025, a campaign launched in 2014 by the Neology Observatory of Pompeu Fabra University. The aim of the initiative, which has also been joined by the Philological Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC), Termcat, and 3Cat-esAdir, is to bring the language closer to its speakers, as it allows them to express their opinion through a vote in which they choose the neologism they believe should be incorporated. Dictionary of the Catalan language from the IEC. The increasing participation from edition to edition demonstrates the interest of the speakers themselves in their language and, above all, in updating the dictionary. In fact, the IEC is committed to considering the winning word as a possible new entry in the normative dictionary.