the words of the year, lose its bite

Any word popular enough to sum up the mood of a year will saturate social media so quickly that it will soon lose its bite

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bite

NOUN

• 1An act of biting something in order to eat it.

  ‘Stephen ate a hot dog in three big bites’

  1. 1.1 A wound inflicted by an animal's or a person's teeth.
     ‘Percy's dog had given her a nasty bite’
  2. 1.2 A wound inflicted by a snake, insect, or spider.
     ‘my legs were covered in mosquito bites’
  3. 1.3 An instance of bait being taken by a fish.
     ‘by four o'clock he still hadn't had a single bite’
  4. 1.4Dentistry The bringing together of the teeth so that the jaws are closed.
  5. 1.5Dentistry An imprint of the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed, made in a plastic material.
• 2A piece cut off by biting.

  ‘Robyn took a large bite out of her sandwich’

  1. 2.1informal A quick snack.
     ‘I plan to stop off in the village and have a bite to eat’
  2. 2.2 A small morsel of prepared food, intended to constitute one mouthful.
     ‘bacon bites with cheese’
  3. 2.3 A short piece of information.
• 3A sharp or pungent flavour.

  ‘a fresh, lemony bite’

  1. 3.1mass noun Incisiveness or cogency of style.
     ‘the tale has added bite if its characters appear to be real’
  2. 3.2 A feeling of cold in the air or wind.
     ‘by early October there's a bite in the air’