After analyzing 14.5 billion words used in daily news coverage in 2021, Oxford Languages’ lexicographers have chosen “vax” as word of the year.
The reason: “Vax” was used 72 times as much as it was in 2020. Vax is used as a short form for vaccines and means a substance put into a person’s body to prevent them from getting a disease.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw a surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed, and anti-vaxxer.
