Oxford English Dictionary, one of the world’s most established dictionaries, has chosen the word of 2021. The institution, which did not choose any word as the word of the year by saying, “It is not possible to describe this year with a single word,” due to the extraordinary events that took place in 2020, announced that this year’s word is “vax”. So what does this word mean?
Vax is an abbreviation of the English word “Vaccine” which means vaccine. Authorities doing research on the word have concluded that the use of the word vax has increased 72 times in the last 1 year. Moreover, this word combined with some words to form brand new idioms. For example, phrases such as vaccination passport, vaccinated or unvaccinated people, anti-vaccine or vaccine distribution began to be combined with vax.
“Vax has found its place in every part of our lives”
Statements on the subject were made by Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Languages. Grathwohl; He said that the word vax is integrated into every part of our lives, and that it appears everywhere from dating practice to bureaucratic procedures.
Another name talking about Vax is Dr. from Cardiff University. It’s Mercedes Durham. Stating that the word is advantageous because it is short, Durham likened vax to internet memes. Stating that he thinks the word will be used in every field in some way, the scientist stated that it completely depends on people’s creativity.
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