Words of 2020! (and Metaphors, and Interfaces of the Year)

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 11 p.m.

b"with @GretchenAMcC @smc90\\n\\nIn a year that left us speechless, 2020 has been filled with new words unlike any other\\u201d... so it's unprecedented that for the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary did NOT name a word of the year. But do we really need the dictionaries to tell us what our words of the year are? From remote work portmanteaus to scientific discourse in a pandemic (for better and for worse) to social movements and more -- we take a whirlwind tour through the words of the year, exploring misplaced analogies, shifting metaphors, and even the evolution of interfaces and spaces."