Merriam-Webster on Monday announced "pandemic" as its 2020 word of the year. On March 11, when the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, lookups on the ...

NEW YORK — On Dec. 31, China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown origin to the World Health Organization. By Jan. 31, WHO declared an outbreak of a novel coronavirus a global health ...

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts — When you think of the year 2020, a lot of words come to mind. Maybe crazy, lonely, the worst? You probably could add a few not safe for work ones as well. Well, ...

(AP) — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be? Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. “That probably ...

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Ben Zimmer, a linguist and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, about the words of the year. And finally today, the coronavirus has affected nearly every aspect of our ...

With the year drawing to a close, I've been contacted by several journalists who've asked, "What's the word of the year for 2020?" This year has definitely been an eventful and memorable one, so there ...

Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its word of year. “That probably isn’t a big shock,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, told The Associated Press. In its noun ...