Well, after that things can only get better 11 published : 27 Dec 2020 at 04:00 11 What a dreadful year. We found ourselves having to tackle a whole new vocabulary and most of the words were enough to make even the most optimistic among us depressed. It all began in March with "self-isolation", a horrible expression inferring you have become a hermit, hidden away, exiled, incommunicado, which in fact is exactly what we were. Then we had "social distancing" or the "length of three badgers" as it was neatly interpreted in Wisconsin. Another expression we were greeted with was "herd immunity" which I never really understood. It wasn't long before the most commonly used words in this newspaper were "postponed" and "cancelled".