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Hello, the Oxford English Dictionary.

Normally has a word of the year,

but this has been such a year

that they've got a whole list of words.

They say it's unprecedented.

And in fact, unprecedented is one of their words of the year.

Now, on hand, we've got somebody

whose entire life and job is words.

It's Countdown's Susie Dent from Dictionary Corner.

Hello.

Hi Adam, how are you?

This is a real honor to speak to you, because Countdown's

been a big part of my life at various points.

So there's all these, well, they're not new words.

They're new words in the Dictionary.

Which ones do you want to pick out

as kind of the most impactful ones?

Gosh, I mean, where to start?

Now, I'd completely understand why Oxford could not

choose a single word of the year,

because we've had racial injustice and protest.

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