The word most used by children last year is revealed.

Blue Planet II (Lisa Labinjoh/Joe Platko/BBC)

A study of the words used by children in their own stories has revealed a preoccupation with plastic and computer games.

The word plastic appeared 3,359 times, shooting up 100% from last year, in the 134,790 stories analysed.

For the first time in the research it is used in an emotive context, with the damage caused by plastic pollution a recurrent theme, showing the influence of David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II.

By Sherna Noah.

Full story at Yahoo News.