‘Vax’ chosen as word of the year by Oxford English Dictionary firm

Booster vaccines being given on 5 October in Cwmbran, Wales. The use of ‘vax’ in combination phrases such as ‘fully-vaxxed’ partly accounted for the big increase in its popularity. Photograph: Huw Fairclough/Getty Images

Booster vaccines being given on 5 October in Cwmbran, Wales. The use of ‘vax’ in combination phrases such as ‘fully-vaxxed’ partly accounted for the big increase in its popularity. Photograph: Huw Fairclough/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/31/vax-chosen-as-word-of-the-year-by-oxford-english-dictionary-firm