‘Vax’ selected as Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 Word of the Year
- ‘Vax’ has been chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2021.
- Vax derived from the Latin word vacca, which means cow.
- Vax is used as a short form for vaccine 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 surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer.
Source: The Tribune