{"id":1599,"date":"2020-11-15T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=37232"},"modified":"2020-11-15T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T05:58:11","slug":"word-of-the-year-2020-is-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/sharjah\/en\/latest\/word-of-the-year-2020-is-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Word Of The Year’ 2020 Has Been Announced And It’s Really Not What You Would Have Guessed\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay so at first you would guess… coronavirus, COVID-19, MASKS or even sanitizer! But nooo, according to the Collins Dictionary the official Word of the Year for 2020 is actually \u2018lockdown<\/strong>.\u2019<\/p>\n

No surprise there but still, who could guess the word lockdown outdid ‘coronavirus’ and ‘masks’ lool, because those two words have become a part of our DAILY conversations nowadays.<\/p>\n

‘Lockdown\u2019<\/b>, refers to the containment measure implemented by governments around the world to curb the spread of COVID-19. The lexicographer down at Collins Dictionary chose this as Word of the Year because,<\/p>\n

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It is a unifying experience for billions of people across the world, who have had, collectively, to play their part in combating the spread of COVID-19.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Collins revealed that they registered over a quarter of a million usages of \u2018lockdown\u2019 during 2020, against only 4,000 the previous year.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING NEWS The Collins Word of the Year is\u2026 lockdown. Find out more about #CollinsWOTY<\/a> 2020 and see the full shortlist here: https:\/\/t.co\/4ZAEE47p9H<\/a>#wordoftheyear<\/a> #CollinsDictionary<\/a> #lockdown<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3OLL7RfSwS<\/a><\/p>\n

— Collins Dictionary (@CollinsDict) November 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n