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‘Vibe Coding’ Named 2025 Word of the Year

11/10/2025

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Collins Dictionary named 'vibe coding' Word of the Year for 2025, reflecting a shift toward AI-assisted development.
The term was coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy and uses natural language prompts to generate code.
A Stack Overflow survey shows over 75% of developers do not use vibe coding, while 84% use AI tools.
The term has gained traction with a 6700% increase in searches since February 2025.

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Collins Dictionary named 'vibe coding' Word of the Year for 2025, reflecting a shift toward AI-assisted development.
The term was coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy and uses natural language prompts to generate code.
A Stack Overflow survey shows over 75% of developers do not use vibe coding, while 84% use AI tools.
The term has gained traction with a 6700% increase in searches since February 2025.