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<p>The report, titled Words of an Unprecedented Year, says usage of the word pandemic increased by 57,000% last year while lexicographers found use of the word "coronavirus" passed one of the most frequently used nouns, time, in April.</p>

world

Covid and furlough make expanded 'word of the year' list

has expanded its usual Word of the Year due to an "unprecedented" 2020, with furlough, moonshot and Covid-19 among the terms on the list.

Sport's words of the year for 2017

world

Oxford Dictionaries have chosen their word of the year

technology

2015's Word of the Year is the Face with Tears of Joy emoji

world

'Vape' revealed as 2014 word of the year

news

Not up in smoke: E-cigarettes’ rise means ‘vape’ is word of the year

Forget #selfies. It's all about the #couplies now

If you thought self-portraits on Twitter were narcissistic, then prepare to feel doubly woozy as social media embraces the twosome, says Katy Harrington

Mon, 31 Mar, 2014

Selfie becomes 'Word of the Year'

Let us put you in the picture – ’selfie’ has has been chosen as the word of 2013.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2013

Portrait of the artist: Selfie named word of 2013

“Selfie” has been named the word of 2013, beating tough competition from “twerk”, “binge-watch”, and “‘showrooming”.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2013

'Omnishambles' is word of the year

The word "Omnishambles" has been named Word of the Year.

Wed, 14 Nov, 2012

Bada bing, wordsmiths ditch the hyphen

WHETHER you’re bootylicious or a muppet is strictly open to debate. But the use of such terms has become a phenomenon that lexicographers at the New Oxford Dictionary of English have been meticulously tracking for many years.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003