The dictionary publisher noticed a 100-fold increase in the use of the word in 2019, after millions of schoolchildren around the world took to the streets to take part in Greta Thunberg-inspired climate change protests.
Millions of people took to streets around the world in September to take part in protests inspired: Collins English dictionary has named “climate strike” its word of 2019, continuing a trend of recognising environmentally-linked phrases after“Climate strike,” defined as “a form of protest in which people absent themselves from education or work in order to join demonstrations demanding action to counter climate change,” was first registered registered by Collins in 2015, to coincide with the...
Lexicographers at the dictionary and educational publisher spotted use of the word had grown more than any other word on their radar. They logged a 100-fold increase in the use of the word this year and a four-fold increase since 2013.In recent years, fake news , Brexit , and binge-watch have been crowned word of the year by Collins.: “These are strange, anxiety-inducing times – but there are reasons to be cheerful. That’s what the English language seems to be telling us in 2019.
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