British lexicographers have determined the word of 2021. The Oxford English Dictionary carries out this procedure every year.
This year, the undisputed leader was the word vax (which translated from English sounds like “vaccine”), and at the same time all the words derived from it.
“Vaccine”, “vaccination”, “vaccinate” – all these words appeared most often in the lexicon during 2021.
“Vaccine” (vax) is our word of 2021. When our lexicographers began to study the data from the English language corpus, it quickly became clear that “vaccine” (vax) is a particularly outstanding word, the MIA “” dictionary message quotes.
It is worth noting that in 2020, the Oxford Dictionary was unable to choose just one option as the word of the year.
As this year, the pace was set by the coronavirus pandemic.
Then the leadership was recognized by the word “coronavirus” and words characterizing the COVID-19 pandemic, such as “lockdown”, “distancing”, the abbreviation WFH – “work from home” and furlough (salary compensation for workers left unemployed due to COVID-19). for pandemics).
As analysts note, the vocabulary of people in the world is shaped by events such as disasters, political processes, and now the coronavirus pandemic.
