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02.11.2021 / 04:51

‘Vax’ earns 2021 word of the year from Oxford English Dictionary

LONDON - In true COVID-19 pandemic fashion, Oxford English Dictionary has named "vax" as the 2021 word of the year. "When our lexicographers began digging into our English language corpus data it quickly became apparent that vax was a particularly striking term," Oxford Languages said on its website. According to Oxford Languages, vax— a derivative of vaccine— was a relatively low-key word at the beginning of the year. But by September, it was over 72 times more frequent in the English language than a year ago.

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'Vax' chosen as Oxford's 2021 Word of the Year

Oxford Languages has declared 'vax' its Word of the Year for 2021.

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Dictionary companies choose same word of the year: pandemic

NEW YORK – In the land of lexicography, out of the whole of the English language, 2020's word of the year is a vocabulary of one.For the first time, two dictionary companies on Monday — Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com — declared the same word as their tops: pandemic. A third couldn't settle on just one so issued a 16-page report instead along the same lines, noting that a world of once-specialized terms entered the mainstream during the COVID-19 crisis.The year, Oxford Languages said in the report last week, “brought a new immediacy and urgency to the role of the lexicographer.

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COVID-19

United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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