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NFT is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year

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NFT is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year

Nov 24 2021

In a year that has seen the musician Grimes sell a collection of digital artworks for almost $6m (£4.4m), and the original photo behind the 2005 Disaster Girl meme go for $473,000 (£354,000), Collins Dictionary has made NFT, the abbreviation for non-fungible token, its word of the year.

Source: The Guardian

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