It has been a season of learning new words and for some, it has been a time to misuse those words. According to a report by Oxford Dictionary Online, the word pandemic got a 57,000 per cent surge in people seeking to understand its meaning. Even with the pandemic, the word “challenge” came to the fore. Some vernacular words also made it to the list of commonly used words of 2020. Or are you among those who said “oliskia wapi?” when a statement did not sit too well with you?

Source: Standard Digital December 30, 2020 21:05 UTC