'Lockdown' declared 'word of year' by Collins Dictionary amid COVID-19 pandemic
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'Lockdown' has been declared 'word of the year' by Collins Dictionary,... following a sharp rise in its usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Collins says it encapsulates the shared experience of billions of people around the world.
It registered more than 250-thousand usages of 'lockdown' during 2020,... up from just 4-thousand last year.
Other pandemic-linked terms on the list include 'self-isolate,' 'social distancing' and 'coronavirus.'
'Mukbang,'... originating from South Korea which describes a host who broadcasts videos of themselves eating large quantities of food,... was also newly added.
'Lockdown' has been declared 'word of the year' by Collins Dictionary,... following a sharp rise in its usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Collins says it encapsulates the shared experience of billions of people around the world.
It registered more than 250-thousand usages of 'lockdown' during 2020,... up from just 4-thousand last year.
Other pandemic-linked terms on the list include 'self-isolate,' 'social distancing' and 'coronavirus.'
'Mukbang,'... originating from South Korea which describes a host who broadcasts videos of themselves eating large quantities of food,... was also newly added.