How COVID-19 is changing the English language
- Written by Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
The coronavirus forced the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary to break with tradition.Illustration by Anurag Papolu/The Conversation; dictionary photo by Spauln via Getty Images and model of COVID-19 by fpm/iStock via Getty Images , CC BY-SAIn April, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary did something unusual. For the previous 20...
