Pandemic, Malarkey, And More: Words That Defined 2020 | Writer’s Relief

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Merriam-Websters Word of the Year for 2020 is pandemic– and were not stunned! In an article Writers Relief found on Merriam-Webster. com, we discovered the annual selection is based upon a statistical analysis of the words looked up in the online dictionary. By early March, pandemic was being searched for an average of 4,000% over 2019 levels! Top lookups this year also consisted of malarkey, kraken, and antebellum.

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