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Vax declared Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year

• zeristor 5y ago
  “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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX
  • 1cvmask 5y ago
    This is the first time I see vaxxie. I suppose if you take a selfie with mask on it will be a maskie?
  • ChrisArchitect 5y ago
    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...
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