KIRISH: mazkur maqolada pandemiya davrida internet va ijtimoiy tarmoqlar orqali keng ommalashgan neologizmlar hamda ularning til taraqqiyotiga ta’siri tahlil qilinadi. COVID-19 pandemiyasi natijasida yuzaga kelgan ijtimoiy, texnologik va kommunikativ o‘zgarishlar yangi leksik birliklarning shakllanishiga sabab bo‘ldi. TADQIQOT MUAMMOSI: pandemiya davrida ommalashgan “lockdown”, “online education”, “maskne”, “doomscrolling”, “social distancing” kabi neologizmlarning semantik va funksional xususiyatlarini o‘rganish, shuningdek, internet va ijtimoiy tarmoqlarning yangi so‘zlarni tezkor ommalashtirishdagi rolini aniqlash. MATERIALLAR VA METODLAR: tadqiqotda lingvistik tahlil, semantik va funksional yondashuv, qiyosiy tahlil metodlari qo‘llanildi. ingliz va o‘zbek tillaridagi pandemiya neologizmlarining qo‘llanish jarayonlari solishtirildi. NATIJALAR VA MUHOKAMA: natijalar shuni ko‘rsatdiki, pandemiya davrida yuzaga kelgan neologizmlar tilning leksik tarkibini boyitdi, ijtimoiy va kommunikativ ehtiyojlarni ifodalashda muhim vosita bo‘ldi. internet va ijtimoiy tarmoqlar yangi so‘zlarning tezkor tarqalishi va ommalashuviga katta ta’sir ko‘rsatdi. ingliz tilidagi neologizmlar o‘zbek tiliga ko‘pincha transliteratsiya yoki semantik moslashtirish orqali kirib keldi. XULOSA: pandemiya davrida shakllangan neologizmlar til taraqqiyotining muhim bosqichini tashkil etadi. ularning ingliz va o‘zbek tillaridagi qo‘llanish jarayonlarini qiyosiy o‘rganish global kommunikativ jarayonlarning milliy tillarga ta’sirini ochib beradi.
INTRODUCTION: this article examines the neologisms that became widespread during the pandemic through the internet and social media, as well as their impact on language development. the COVID-19 pandemic triggered social, technological, and communicative changes that led to the creation of new lexical units. RESEARCH PROBLEM: the study focuses on the semantic and functional features of neologisms such as “lockdown”, “online education”, “maskne”, “doomscrolling”, and “social distancing”, and highlights the role of the internet and social media in their rapid dissemination. MATERIALS AND METHODS: linguistic analysis, semantic-functional approaches, and comparative methods were applied. the usage of pandemic neologisms in English and Uzbek was compared. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: findings indicate that pandemic neologisms enriched the lexical structure of languages and served as important tools for expressing social and communicative needs. the internet and social media accelerated their spread. in Uzbek, these neologisms were often adopted through transliteration or semantic adaptation. CONCLUSION: pandemic neologisms represent a significant stage in language development. their comparative study in English and Uzbek reveals the influence of global communicative processes on national languages.