‘Permacrisis’: The Collins Dictionary word of the year and nine other words on the list

The new decade is just two years old and has seen already seen one unprecedented upheaval after another in the form of the continuing pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, extreme weather events, global inflation, energy shortages, and the rising cost of living and political crisis in the United Kingdom— to name a few. Find out more about #CollinsWOTY 2022 and see the full list here: https://t.co/gmsnCqA0yv#wordoftheyear#CollinsDictionary#permacrisispic.twitter.com/sorHPfjG7D — Collins Dictionary November 1, 2022 ‘Permacrisis’ is a word that describes living in an age of continued upheaval; Collins defines the noun as ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity’. Author and The Guardian’s literary editor, David Shariatmadari, wrote in the Collins blog post: “The invasion also meant that we all quickly learned the Ukrainian spelling and pronunciation of the city of Kyiv.” Quiet Quitting: The practice of doing no more work than one is contractually obligated to do. The Collins blog draws a metaphor from the ‘splooting’ of four-legged animals, saying it is something humans could do till the troubles of the permacrisis wear away.. Partygate: A political scandal over social gatherings held in defiance of public-health restrictions.