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.