Words of 2020

Old Nov 7th 2020, 1:39 pm
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Old Nov 7th 2020, 2:36 pm
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Old Nov 8th 2020, 7:21 pm
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Old Nov 9th 2020, 7:55 am
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Old Nov 10th 2020, 8:31 am
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Excuse moi I refer you BE posters to post #7

“Lockdown” has been named word of the year by Collins Dictionary in its annual list.

Do I get a prize or anything?

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-b1720172.html

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Lockdown. I was going to say Zoom but Atlantic Xpat got there first.
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Old Nov 10th 2020, 12:05 pm
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Old Nov 10th 2020, 2:02 pm
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Old Nov 10th 2020, 2:11 pm
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Furlough.
Probably the best example so far. A non-technical word which we knew, but rarely used.

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Old Nov 12th 2020, 9:14 pm
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Old Nov 23rd 2020, 2:23 pm
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For the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary has chosen not to name a word of the year, describing 2020 as “a year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one single word”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ish-dictionary


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