Friday, November 13, 2020

Word of the Year 2020

As of now, Oxford has not yet released the word of the year. Perhaps, quarantine, lock-down, social-distancing, coronavirus, essential worker, Tik-Toker. Any suggestions?

Earlier Words of the Year

2019 - climate emergency 
2018 - toxic
2017 - youthquake
2016 - post-truth
2015 - 😂 
2014 - vape
2013 - selfie
2012 - omnishambles (UK) & GIF (US)
2011 - squeezed middle
2010 - big society (UK) & refudiate (US)
2009 - simples (UK) & unfriend (US)
2008 - credit crunch (UK) & hypermiling (US)
2007 - carbon footprint (UK) & locavore (US)
2006 - bovvered (UK) & carbon-neutral (US)
2005 - Sudoku (UK) & podcast (US)
2004 - chav

UPDATE: Multiple words were chosen and they include bushfires, Covid-19, WFH, lockdown, circuit-breaker, support bubbles, keyworkers, furlough, Black Lives Matter, and moonshot.

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