Permacrisis has been chosen as the Collins Dictionary’s word of the year. The word means an extended period of instability and insecurity. Permacrisis sums up just how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people, Alex Beecroft, head of Collins Learning told AFP.
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‘Permacrisis’ is a word that describes living in an age of continued upheaval; Collins defines the noun as ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’. According to The Guardian, Collins chose permacrisis as the word of the year as it sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people. It is the top word in the annual compilation of the 10 new or noteworthy words from the 18-billion word database monitored by Collins and from other sources like social media. Permacrisis is also one of six new words on the list added to CollinsDictionary.com.
Notably: Permacrisis was Beating off competition from the likes of Kyiv, sportswashing and partygate, the term permacrisis was named as Britain’s word of the year in recognition of a dismal 2022.
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