The word Vax is defined as, "a colloquialism meaning either vaccine or vaccination as a noun and vaccinate as a verb."
Post the development of vaccines for Covid-19, the year 2021 marked large-scale vaccine drives in nations worldwide - just in India, 100 crore vaccine doses were administered as of October 21, 2021.
Rise in use of vaccine-related words
The appearance of the word 'vaccine' itself doubled between September 2020 and September 2021 according to the report by Oxford Languages.
Other words related to vaccines like 'vaccinate' and 'vaccination' also recorded a 34-fold increase and an 18-fold increase, respectively, as stated in the report.
Previous words of the year by the Oxford Dictionary
2019: Climate Emergency
2018: Toxic
2017: Youthquake
2016: Post-truth
2015: Emoticon of face with tears of Joy
2014: Vape
2013: Selfie
2012: Omnishambles
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