Tue 02 November 2021:
According to Oxford Languages, the word vax has been named Word of the Year for 2021, after its frequency of use climbed 72 times since the beginning of the year compared to the same time in 2020.
“Vax is our 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. A relatively rare word in our corpus until this year, by September it was over 72 times more frequent than at the same time last year.
It has generated numerous derivatives that we are now seeing in a wide range of informal contexts, from vax sites and vax cards to getting vaxxed and being fully vaxxed, no word better captures the atmosphere of the past year than vax,” Oxford Languages said in a report.
The survey also observed that vaccine-related language has increased in frequency, with “the word vaccine, already highly widespread, more than doubling in frequency between September 2020 and September 2021,” according to the report.
The survey also observed that vaccine-related language has increased in frequency, with “the word vaccine, already highly widespread, more than doubling in frequency between September 2020 and September 2021,” according to the report.
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