General Article ‘Anxiety’ named as children’s Word of the Year for 2021

Topic Selected: Anxiety Book Volume: 422

Expert says word is ‘concerning’ but ‘not surprising’

By Saman Javed

Anxiety was children’s word of the year in 2021, according to research by lexicographers at Oxford University Press (OUP).

Prompted by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s annual vocabulary research focused on wellbe...

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