Economist's language columnist Lane Green picks his word of the year for 2022. He says climate change, war in Ukraine and goblin mode are all big stories this year. Inflation is an obvious choice because it includes almost all words shrink and inflation. But he also likes COVID as a sign that we're going to be looking back in five years and still saying goblin mode.
The Congressional committee probing the riot at America’s Capitol recommended that the Justice Department bring four charges against Donald Trump. But the road to indictment and prosecution of the former president is long and winding. The UN’s biodiversity summit ended with a historic but still unsatisfying agreement. And our language columnist presents his choice for word of the year.
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