What does this say about life in 2018? Oxford Dictionaries has named ‘Toxic’ its Word Of The Year.
Oxford says the word saw a 45% increase in traffic on their website and is used “in an array of contexts, both in its literal and more metaphorical senses”.
How was ‘toxic’ used in 2018? The #1 search was ‘toxic chemicals’, followed by ‘toxic masculinity’. Toxic environment, toxic waste, and toxic relationship were also used heavily in 2018.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/arts/toxic-oxford-word-of-the-year-2018.html
