After analyzing 14.5 billion words used in daily news coverage in 2021, Oxford Languages\u2019 lexicographers have chosen \u201cvax\u201d as word of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason: \u201cVax\u201d 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\u2019s body to prevent them from getting a disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw a surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed, and anti-vaxxer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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