Essay: Permacrisis – what it means and why it’s word of the year for 2022
In an article first published on The Conversation, NEIL TURNBULL, head of English, linguistics and philosophy at Nottingham Trent University, looks at why the Collins Dictionary named “permacrisis” as its word of the year for 2022…
Out of school, in the dictionary: ‘Climate strike’ declared ‘word of the year’
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation With climate protests surging around the world, Collins Dictionary has declared ‘climate strike’ its 2019 ‘word of the year’, noting the term’s use has soared 100 times higher than in previous years. The Glasgow-based company bases its choice on an annual search of websites, newspapers, magazines and social media to see […]