Worst Words of the Year 2020 ▬ Plain English Foundation

Worst Words of the Year 2020

Worst Words 2020

Plain English Foundation: 12.22.2020

It’s hardly surprising that COVID-19 featured in the 2020 list of worst words and phrases. While the crisis generated some essential and even amusing words, other Covidspeak was less welcome.

Plain English Foundation also identified more of the usual suspects in poor public language during 2020: from political spin and doublespeak to made-up Frankenwords. =And this year’s mixed metaphor and non-apology examples are particularly poor.

Winner

Vertical consumption

Covidspeak

Discretionary essentials

Zump

Frankenwords

‘She’-session

Hipsturbia

Doublespeak

Withdrawn as a matter of priority

Sensitive receivers

Political spin

Reverse porkbarrelling

Efforting outreach

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