The Words of the Year 2022 by Collins Dictionary have been released, with the word taking the number one spot describing what it feels like to live through a pandemic, two recessions, and a war.
Permacrisis has been crowned the Word of the Year, and is defined as an extended period of instability and insecurity. The word has been used to describe the feeling of lurching from one disaster to another with no respite, including political instability, the war in Ukraine, climate change, and the cost-of-living crisis.
Six words on Collins’ list of 10 words of the year are new to the dictionary, including permacrisis. Managing director of Collins Learning, Alex Beecroft, aptly said that the word “sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”, reports MEN.
