영국 콜린스사전 올해의 단어는 '락다운'... 한국어 '먹방'도 톱10
'Lockdown' has been declared 'word of the year' by Collins Dictionary,... following a sharp rise in its usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Collins says it encapsulates the shared experience of billions of people around the world.
It registered more than 250-thousand usages of 'lockdown' during 2020,... up from just 4-thousand last year.
Other pandemic-linked terms on the list include 'self-isolate,' 'social distancing' and 'coronavirus.'
'Mukbang,'... originating from South Korea which describes a host who broadcasts videos of themselves eating large quantities of food,... was also newly added.
