From contact tracing to Black lives matter and flattening the curve, here are the words and phrases that were popularised this year
This pandemic plagued year has given us scores of new words, phrases, expressions and metaphors. Some are new to the popular vernacular, like quarantine pod. Some are newly relevant after long histories as specialized terms, like contact tracing. Some, like maskne and walktails, are just goofy little turns of phrase that let us find a drop of joy in this disastrous year. (Ade Hogue/The New York Times)
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