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When you’re in a rush, or just feeling lazy, there’s nothing like a fast-food vegan burger for a quick pick-me-up.

'Partygate' — the goings-on by former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ilk during the COVID-19 lockdown — was one word being considered by Collins Dictionary.

It was a year of surprises, writes Delano journalist Cordula Schnuer, some more unexpected than others, but between Russia’s attack on Ukraine, record-breaking heat and widespread political instability, the age of the “permacrisis” was firmly established.

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Permacrisis is the joining of the prefix perma- (which means a fixed state) and crisis, resulting in a word that means ‘a state of permanent crisis’ (or according to Collins Dictionary “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events.”)