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'Rona', 'iso', 'quazza' — words of the year speak to our Australian take on COVID

  • Written by Roland Sussex, Professor Emeritus, The University of Queensland
'Rona', 'iso', 'quazza' — words of the year speak to our Australian take on COVIDUnsplash/United Nations, CC BY

Language is like archaeology. It lays down evidence for following generations to excavate and write PhD theses about. Layers of the stuff. And such has been the language of the year of COVID.

Not surprisingly, COVID has spawned an efflorescence of words and expressions. And these will certainly be dug up for analysis...

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