![]() ![]() The increased awareness around minoritized groups has only grown since the justice movements of 2020 captured the attention of a broader public. (Re)defining race, social justice, and identity ![]() ![]() Video telephony definitions were added or revised for mute, unmute, virtual, remote, and f2f. The gaming term bio break-“a trip to a restroom or bathroom, especially a pause for this during a meeting or other group activity”- made the cut after being widely adopted in response to endless hours of WFH video calls. We created a new entry for Zoom itself, along with hybrid learning and blended learning. We now offer more guidance about the spelling and capitalization of COVID-19 (e.g., usage notes on shortened forms like Covid)-an entry we added not even a year ago but that already warranted expansion.Īs the pandemic persisted, the 2020 Zoom Boom vroomed into 2021. Modified social rituals like the elbow bump caught our attention, especially as the gesture evolved to include more forearm contact than the name implies. Technical updates include revised definitions at acute respiratory distress syndrome( ARDS for short) and variants and strains, owing to new forms of the novel coronavirus. We continue our lexical coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, from technical jargon the pandemic elevated to terms for new social behaviors it introduced. The evolving vocabulary of Covid and Zoom Yes, even the dictionary needs a dose of doggo. Prominent themes in this update are COVID-19, technology, racial justice, identity, politics-and dogs. Our tireless team of lexicographers have touched over 7,600 entries, including: From the pandemic to protests to politics, our language is still catching up to the tremendous change we experienced last year-and is here to document it all. Our first major update to in 2021 looks a lot like … 2020.īut that makes a lot of sense. By Heather Bonikowski, Lexicographer, and John Kelly, Managing Editor ![]()
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