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‘Vibe Coding’ Named 2025 Word of the Year

11/6/2025

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Collins Dictionary named "vibe coding" the word of the year for 2025.
The term, coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, describes building apps by describing them to artificial intelligence rather than coding.
It lets people without programming knowledge develop basic apps, though complex tools still require skill and may yield imperfect code.
Collins' Managing Director Alex Beecroft said the term reflects the evolving relationship between language and technology.

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Collins Dictionary named "vibe coding" the word of the year for 2025.
The term, coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, describes building apps by describing them to artificial intelligence rather than coding.
It lets people without programming knowledge develop basic apps, though complex tools still require skill and may yield imperfect code.
Collins' Managing Director Alex Beecroft said the term reflects the evolving relationship between language and technology.