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Vax declared Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year (bbc.co.uk)
3 points by open-source-ux on Nov 1, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


“Oxford English Dictionary definitions for vax

vax n. A vaccine or vaccination

vax v. Treat (someone) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; vaccinate

vaxxie n. A photograph of oneself taking during or immediately before or after a vaccination, especially one against Covid-19, and typically shared on social media; a vaccination selfie

anti-vax adj. Opposed to vaccination

anti-vaxxer n. A person who is opposed to vaccination

double-vaxxed adj. Having received two doses of a vaccine”

Aren’t they missing:

“VAX n. CISC instruction set architecture (ISA) and line of superminicomputers and workstations developed by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the mid-1970s.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX


ya totally -- Not a single tech mention of what wasn't a small late-70s/1980s computing!? World colliding haha

People going to be in for a surprise when they look up that wiki article...


This is the first time I see vaxxie. I suppose if you take a selfie with mask on it will be a maskie?




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