Vibe-coding is now an official word in the dictionary (www.businessinsider.com)

Collins Dictionary has named "vibe-coding" its 2025 word of the year — a slang noun coined by OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy — and defines it as "the use of artificial intelligence prompted by natural language to assist with the writing of computer code." Karpathy popularized the term in February to describe a workflow where developers lean on large language models (LLMs) — he specifically cited tools like Cursor Composer with Sonnet — so heavily that the act of coding becomes driven by prompts and iterative model outputs rather than manual typing. The choice signals a broader inflection point for AI/ML in software engineering: natural-language-driven coding has moved from niche trick to mainstream skill, reshaping developer productivity, hiring, and compensation. Experienced and novice engineers alike are adopting prompt-first workflows for app development, prototyping and testing, while startups and platforms that enable "vibe-coding" have attracted major venture capital — recent rounds include Lovable ($200M Series A, $1.8B valuation), Replit ($250M, $3B) and Vercel ($300M, $9.3B). Technically, this reflects LLMs' increasing ability to generate, refactor and explain code from high-level intents, which accelerates iteration but also raises questions about verification, tooling integration, and the evolving role of human oversight in software development.