Merriam-Webster’s 2020 Word Of The Year Is An Obvious Choice
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This was a no-brainer. Merriam-Webster has picked “pandemic” as its word of the year for 2020. That word has dominated our conversations for nearly nine months now.
The World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic on March 11th. Once that happened, searches for the word were nearly 116,000% higher than on the same date last year.
According to NBC News, other words in the running for Merriam-Webster’s top word of 2020 included:
- coronavirus
- quarantine,
- asymptomatic
- mamba
- kraken
- defund
- antebellum
- irregardless
- icon
- schadenfreude
- malarkey
Phil Harris is 50% of "Phil & Mel in the Afternoon" on K104.7. He has been with the station since 2013 and on the air in Charlotte since 2000. Before coming to the Queen City, Phil worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Seattle. In addition to the weekly "Throwback Threesome" music video feature, Phil writes about things that matter to Charlotte sports fans and pet owners. He happens to be both.
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