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How to use it: I was doomscrolling on Twitter today while reading about Covid-19 cases. It’s a combination of the noun “doom” and verb “scroll” – and was made popular by the journalist Karen Ho last year. And, we’ve all done it. Doomscrolling is when you become obsessed with staying up to date with bad news. Doomscrollingĭefinition: Reading the news on social media and expecting it to be bad – so much so that you become obsessed with looking at updatesĭ added “doomscrolling” last summer. How to use it: Our family started to shop at a new grocery store, because we wanted the option to have contactless delivery. Merriam-Webster added the word to their dictionary in April, right at the beginning of the pandemic. People who choose contactless delivery get their groceries or food delivered to the doorsteps, but don’t have to go out to receive them.
“Contactless” delivery became a popular option for shoppers last year. Contactlessĭefinition: not having to physically touch or interact with people How to use it: Today on our awe walk we noticed a tree we’d never seen before. The word was actually coined by the authors of a recent psychological study, which found older people who took awe walks felt more positive and less stressed over time. So when someone says they will take an awe walk, it means they’ll notice – and feel grateful for – all the small things around them. The word “awe” means a feeling of respect. “Awe walk” hasn’t been added to the Cambridge Dictionary yet – but they have noticed it’s been used quite a bit. Awe walkĭefinition : Taking a walk outside and making an effort to look at the things around you We clean the whole house every Saturday! 2. How to use it: My roommates and I are adulting during lockdown. In December, the Oxford English Dictionary added the word “adulting.” It’s often used by young people when they talk about doing tasks that are essential to every-day life – like cooking meals, buying insurance, or paying taxes. Adultingĭefinition : The action of becoming or acting like an adult So, what are some of the words that got added last year? Let’s explore 10 new words you’ll need for 2021: 1. But when the pandemic began, many words we’d never heard of suddenly became part of our day-to-day vocabulary – think words like “ furlough”, “stay at home order”, and COVID-19 (which was only invented in February). With this, dictionaries raced to add new entries, and helped us to define our “new normal”. Hundreds of new words are added to the dictionary each year, and it often takes months of consideration to decide which ones.
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