‘Aadhaar’ named Oxford Hindi dictionary’s word of 2017: Twitterati can’t stop cracking the same joke

And when not taking a jibe at the biometric authentication system, Tweeple generally have a good time dragging UIDAI into anything and everything unrelated to its stated purpose. And it’s not just Tweeple anymore. Remember last year when Netflix India decided to troll UIDAI? Surely, the replies from UIDAI’s Twitter handle too have won hearts. Especially the time when UIDAI was asked how many Aadhaar cards can Raavan get?

After reviewing the hundreds of public suggestions received, and consulting the opinions of an advisory panel of language experts, Oxford Dictionaries has chosen its first ever Hindi Word of the Year: aadhaar.#HWOTY https://t.co/wPy7kCo94r

— Oxford Dictionaries (@OxfordWords) January 27, 2018

The first-ever Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the Year is… AADHAAR!

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Find out more about the choice: https://t.co/9R3UwOKhJU #HWOTY pic.twitter.com/I5eITTL45b

— Oxford Dictionaries (@OxfordWords) January 27, 2018

Most were excited about ‘Aadhaar’ being named the word of the year, and cheered with some punny and sarcastic tweets. Sample these.

#Oxford Dictionary linked itself with #Aadhar @UIDAI https://t.co/EFmrHN4SW6

— Jai Malviya (@jaimalviya) January 28, 2018

So by making ‘aadhar’ the word of the year , Oxford dictionary also linked it self from adhar before 31st march and avoided disqualification from online and offline bookstores ! Wise ! pic.twitter.com/3FKVateB2n

— sumit (@sumitsaurabh) January 28, 2018

So Oxford Dictionary has been linked by #Aadhar now.
Another point in its favour when #SupremeCourt hears the petition challenging Aadhar… https://t.co/hJiYgblfRj

— sandeepvarma (@sandeepvarma15) January 27, 2018

#Oxford Dictionary linked itself with #Aadhar pic.twitter.com/GPJcIMSXsV

— తెలు’గోడు’ (@teluguvaaadu) January 28, 2018

It’s funny when even Oxford links the “Aadhaar” to the dictionary! #aadhaar #thenewoxfordword

— Maitri DAND (@crazy_maitri) January 28, 2018

Government of India mandated Oxford to link Aadhar by 31 Jan otherwise their sale will be prohibited. See the impact 🙃🙃 https://t.co/6Tb9SQ44QO

— Amit Jain (@Amit_J) January 28, 2018

OXFORD has successfully linked Aadhar card to their dictionary.#Word_of_the_year

— Abhishek Sarkar (@absklive) January 27, 2018

Finally linking is now spreading globally. Aadhar is linked to oxford dictionary and selected Hindi word of the year

— Amit Dubey 🇮🇳 (@iAmitDubey_) January 27, 2018

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, Now all “Burn The Aadhar” folks will burn Oxford Dictionary? https://t.co/PenuzejEcw

— sheetal (@sheetal_here) January 27, 2018

When 121cr heads have to link AADHAR everywhere then it’s obvious!

— Dr.Pankaj Hande (@drpankajh) January 27, 2018

Feel proud

— G M Arif (@ARIF236218) January 28, 2018

Other words such as ‘Mitron’, ‘Notebandi’, ‘Gau-Rakshak’, ‘Vikas’ were also considered, but the widespread discussions and debates around ‘Aadhaar’ was the reason it was selected as the word of the year, journalist Saurabh Dwivedi said during the discussion.