Filipinos hardly ever Googled “pandemya” or “pandemic” before COVID-19, she added. Many Filipinos didn’t seem to know what a pandemic was until it hit the country in March, Santos said. (In my opinion, this is the biggest word with the most relevant meaning, which I think should be explained to the people as to the nature and characteristics of a pandemic, because it has a huge impact on the world.) “Sa tingin ko, ito ‘yung pinakamalaking salita na may pinakamakabuluhang kahulugan, na sa tingin ko ay nararapat talagang maipaliwanag sa mga tao kung ano talaga ang kalikasan at katangian ng isang pandemya, dahil napakalaki ng epekto nito sa mundo,” said Zarina Joy Santos, whose paper defending “pandemya” as the word of the year bested the other 9. “Pandemya” is Sawikaan’s Salita ng Taon (Word of the Year) for 2020. But the one word that put all these other words in people’s mouths – new terms and old ones that have taken on new meanings – is already in the title of the event, for very obvious reasons: “pandemya” (pandemic).
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