Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2020 is ‘lockdown’

If there was some uncertainty as to what we’d remember for 2020, Collins English Dictionary have helped us remember — choosing to call “lockdown” the word of the year.

“Our lexicographers have selected ‘lock-down’ as the Word of the Year because it is a unifying experience for billions of people around the world who have collectively played their part in combating the spread of COVID-19,” Collins wrote after announcing this to the public.

“It’s not a shock to remember that lockdown was originally a piece of prison vocabulary: it’s when inmates are confined to their cells because of some disturbance on the wing,”

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