2020 Words of the Year - Santa Barbara Edhat
2020 Words of the Year - Santa Barbara Edhat 2020 Words of the Year - Santa Barbara Edhat Posted: 31 Dec 2020 01:00 PM PST By edhat staff Esteemed dictionaries have revealed their top words of the year for 2020. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that a good portion of these words are COVID-19 related. Pandemic Both Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2020 is pandemic. Merriam-Webster defines pandemic as: an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population. In Greek pan means "all" or "every," and dēmos means "people"; its literal meaning is "of all the people." The related word epidemic comes from roots that mean "on or upon the people." The two words are used in ways that overlap, but in general usage a pandemic is an epide