'Doomscrolling' voted New Zealand's word of the year

Published: Dec. 20, 2020, 6:54 p.m.

The votes are in and New Zealand's word of the year is ready to be unveiled. As it does every year, the website Public Address sought online votes from a long-list of words, many of which came into existence, or rose to prominence in 2020. To start the ball rolling we can tell you that #NZhellhole tallied the third-most votes while the runner-up for word of the year was "Bubble". Russell Brown from Public Address speaks to Corin Dann.