Dictionary.com declared "demure" the 2024 word of the year after viral videos by TikToker Jools Lebron popularized the term.

The world’s leading digital dictionary's lexicographers analyzed a massive amount of data to determine what word would best capture the cultural zeitgeist of 2024.

We've all known since August that this was the year to be demure … but Dictionary.com has now made it even more official by announcing that "demure" is its word of the year (via Time ). This year, as Brat summer started to wind down, a new supreme was rising: Jools Lebron.

To select the 2024 Word of the Year, our lexicographers analyzed a large amount of data including newsworthy headlines, trends on social media, search engine results, and more to identify words that made an impact on our conversations, online and in the real world.

Dictionary.com's word of the year is demure, a nod to the "very mindful, very demure" social media trend started by TikTokker Jools Lebron. Demure beat out brainrot, brat (inspired by the Charli XCX album of the same name),

Traditionally, demure describes someone who is reserved or modest in their behavior, but this year it's taken on a new meaning, especially among social media and beauty influencers.

In a very mindful, very thoughtful announcement Monday, Dictionary.com declared “demure,” a word made popular by TikTok but dating back roughly 700 years, as the word of the year for 2024. Dictionary.