prompt-engineering-oxford-word-of-year-2023

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Prompt engineering was named Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 and entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2025.

Summary

This records a concrete cultural milestone: the practice of writing instructions for AI assistants was recognized as significant enough to earn a dedicated dictionary entry, moving it from niche jargon into standard English vocabulary. It serves as a factual baseline when the system reasons about the timeline and mainstream legitimacy of prompt engineering as a discipline.