In Germany, there is a commission that selects the “Unwort” (non-word) of the year.

I propose the word “Präkariatsschwelle” (precariat threshold) as the non-word of the year. It originates from poverty research.

Where is the word used and by whom?

By our highest constitutional court, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

In a ruling on whether civil servants in a federal state are paid enough; enough in the sense of the constitution.

Here is a source:

https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2025/09/ls20250917_2bvl002017.html

The word is so unusual that every word processor I've used so far has underlined it in red...

lol

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