The word of the year is defined as ‘watching Normal People in your pyjamas’. What is it?
The 2020 selection is taken up with terms relating to a certain familiar menace
‘Youthquake’ is named as the word of the year
Previous winners of the Oxford Dictionaries award include ‘omnishambles’ and ‘post-truth’
Cantillon: Smiley face? Pass me the dictionary
An emoji has been chosen as the Oxford English Dictionary ‘word’ of the year
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