The English language of the publishing house MERRIAM-Webster called Vaccine (Vaccine) in the word of the year, the publisher’s website is said.
“A promising medical solution of a pandemic that turned our lives in 2020, also became a political argument and source of disagreements. The biggest scientific story of our time quickly became the biggest discussion in our country, and the word in the center of both stories – vaccine”, – Representatives of the publisher.
The Company, which produces the Oxford Dictionary of the English language, previously recognized the word VAX – a brief form of the word “vaccine” – the word of the year. In the current year, it was very large distribution in social networks – by September, its consumption increased 72 times, so experts unanimously decided to choose it.
It is noted that the word last year was “Pandemic” (pandemic, pandemic).