The top entry is a big surprise considering how large COVID-19’s influence looms in the list.
Word of the Year
Oxford Dictionaries, the online arm of the publisher of the Oxford Dictionary of English, has announced that its 2015 Word of the Year is an emoji. No, not the word “emoji,” but a single, specific emoji.
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