How do you pronounce Omicron? It's one of the most mispronounced words of 2021.

How do you pronounce Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant that has set off alarm bells worldwide and raised questions about vaccine effectiveness? 

According to Merriam Webster, Omicron is pronounced "OH-muh-kraan" or "AH-muh-kraan." In British English, it is "OH-my-kraan."

The New Oxford English Dictionary, however, offers a different pronunciation, Dr. Andreas Willi, a comparative linguistics professor at Oxford University, told The New York Times: "Namely rather like an English phrase 'o-MIKE-Ron,'" he said.