Survey: What Is Pittsburgh’s Word of the Year?
We gathered some words, phrases and topics that defined Pittsburgh in 2025.
“Rage bait.” “67.”
These are some dictionaries’ choice for Word of the Year for 2025. This got us thinking: What should be Pittsburgh’s Word of the Year?
After all, it was quite an eventful year for Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania: Aaron Rodgers joined the Steelers, the new landside terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport opened, Pittsburgh got its own Walk of Fame and plenty more.
Help us pick the Pittsburgh word — or topic or phrase — of the year.

