The word ‘coronavirus’ has forced all other popular words out of the Russian language and may become the word of the half-year, said Alexei Mikheyev, creator of the Vocabulary of the Year project.
According to Mikheyev, the word ‘coronavirus’ became the most important word as early as in January. Now this word has a chance of becoming the word of the half-year because it is used much more often than others and has no competitors, RIA Novosti news agency reports.
Alexei Mikheyev added that the pandemic has produced many new words related to it.
The expert noted that last year, the most popular words were related to the pension reform and social problems of Russian citizens. However, they have lost their popularity since.