Tag: Merriam-Webster

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  “Vaccine”, word of the year for Merriam-Webster: Lookups soar plus a more precise definition

  

  The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected “vaccine” as the word of 2021. The publishing company noted that the word holds particular significance both as a medical term and a vehicle for ideological conflict. Likewise, interest in vaccines started high and grew during the course of 2021.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  “Pandemic”, the 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster Word of the Year

  

  The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic. The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word, Merriam-Webster said on its website, after a year in which at least 1.4 million people globally have died from the COVID-19 pandemic.