If one adds ‘anti’ or ‘double’ to the word vax, it can form new words and mean different things. It emerged in the era of smallpox, in the 1790s when scientist Edward Jenner had discovered that cowpox could be used as a vaccine against smallpox.ĭr Mercedes Durham, a reader in sociolinguistics at Cardiff University, stated that the word vax was extremely adaptable and had a meme quality to it as a prefix and suffix could be added to vax in order to form new words that were relevant in the COVID era. The word vacca, however, originated from Latin, meaning cow. The other words such as vaccine and vaccination came in 1800.
Vax as a word was first recorded in English in 1799. The President of Oxford languages, Casper Grathwohl, said that there was a dramatic spike in the usage of the word vax as it was used everywhere, from dating apps to academic calendars to bureaucratic operations. Oxford chose this word from a list of several other words used this year which includes, lockdown, COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, Work from Home, bushfires and furlough. Viewfull entry Quick search: Sort by: Lost for Words Categies Tirlis My entries (0. Hence, vax became the word that was mostly used.Īccording to OED, the noun vax means a vaccine or a vaccination, while the verb vax refers to treating someone with a vaccine in order to produce immunity against a disease. OED Oxford English Dictionary The definitive record of the English language Browse dictionary Showing 1-20 of 285016 results in 285016 entries View as: List I Timeline 1.4, n. The word vax also formed several other words such as 'vaxinista' and 'vaxxie'. The senior editor of Oxford English Dictionary, Fiona McPherson said that the word vax has made a striking impact by being in use this year, and hence it was an obvious choice. The word’s usage has increased 72 times more than last year.
‘Vax’ has been chosen by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as the word of the year. Due to the global pandemic, words related to vax such as double-vaxxed or fully-vaxxed have been used frequently since last year. New words notes: Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Senior Editor, Jonathan Dent. Oxford English Dictionary chooses 'Vax' as word of the year Our latest update: more than 700 new words, senses, and sub-entries have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including comfort eating, lateral flow, and hybrid.
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