According to the news, the British "Collins Dictionary" announced on Wednesday that Collins' 2021 Vocabulary of the Year is "NFT". The Collins Dictionary defines NFT as "a unique digital certificate registered in the blockchain, used to record the ownership of assets such as artworks or collectibles." In addition, metaverse (metaverse) and crypto (encryption) were also selected as hot words of the year. The Collins blog post wrote: "The digital revolution continues to develop rapidly, changing our culture, relationships, and the way we do business. Facebook recently announced that it will be traded. The name was changed to Meta to better reflect its interest in Metaverse. The concept is described as the'dream of the future of the Internet', including virtual reality and augmented reality. Elsewhere, the dominance of traditional currency forms is being influenced by encryption technology. Challenge, although most of us may not understand how it works, many of us now know the abbreviation of the word'cryptocurrency'".
Other popular words of the year include climate anxiety, double-vaxxed, etc.
