2014 Word Of The Year: Vape

Via CBS News:

Of the many, many words that editors at Oxford Dictionaries review which have newly come into the language lexicon, only one has had enough of an influence in society to make it as 2014's International Word of the Year. This year it's "vape." The Oxford Dictionary defines it as follows: v. Inhale and exhale the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device, n. An electronic cigarette or similar device; an act of inhaling and exhaling the vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device. Editors at Oxford found that use of the word has doubled in 2014 over the prior year. It can also be traced back to the explosion of the electronic cigarette industry which topped $1 billion in sales in 2013 according to Forbes.

This year's runners-up: bae, budtender, slacktivism.