With Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden, we at GO! headquarters decided to take a look at new beginnings and recent firsts. Subsequent to the arrival of COVID-19 in the U.S., there have been a lot of innovations as well as new twists on existing things in business, education, entertainment and more.
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the coronavirus disrupted life around the globe. The pandemic, and ensuing need to quarantine and social distance, forced the pivot heard ‘round the world.
Here’s a look at some of our culture’s newer developments, a lot of which seem here to stay.
Language
As much as it pains some people to accept it, language is constantly evolving. We’ve recently ushered in a slew of new words and wrangled new meaning from existing ones. Below are but a few examples, some officially in dictionaries, others on their way.