KIRISH: mazkur maqolada pandemiya davrida internet va ijtimoiy tarmoqlar orqali keng ommalashgan neologizmlar hamda ularning til taraqqiyotiga taโsiri tahlil qilinadi. COVID-19 pandemiyasi natijasida yuzaga kelgan ijtimoiy, texnologik va kommunikativ oโzgarishlar yangi leksik birliklarning shakllanishiga sabab boโldi. TADQIQOT MUAMMOSI: pandemiya davrida ommalashgan โlockdownโ, โonline educationโ, โmaskneโ, โdoomscrollingโ, โsocial distancingโ kabi neologizmlarning semantik va funksional xususiyatlarini oโrganish, shuningdek, internet va ijtimoiy tarmoqlarning yangi soโzlarni tezkor ommalashtirishdagi rolini aniqlash. MATERIALLAR VA METODLAR: tadqiqotda lingvistik tahlil, semantik va funksional yondashuv, qiyosiy tahlil metodlari qoโllanildi. ingliz va oโzbek tillaridagi pandemiya neologizmlarining qoโllanish jarayonlari solishtirildi. NATIJALAR VA MUHOKAMA: natijalar shuni koโrsatdiki, pandemiya davrida yuzaga kelgan neologizmlar tilning leksik tarkibini boyitdi, ijtimoiy va kommunikativ ehtiyojlarni ifodalashda muhim vosita boโldi. internet va ijtimoiy tarmoqlar yangi soโzlarning tezkor tarqalishi va ommalashuviga katta taโsir koโrsatdi. ingliz tilidagi neologizmlar oโzbek tiliga koโpincha transliteratsiya yoki semantik moslashtirish orqali kirib keldi. XULOSA: pandemiya davrida shakllangan neologizmlar til taraqqiyotining muhim bosqichini tashkil etadi. ularning ingliz va oโzbek tillaridagi qoโllanish jarayonlarini qiyosiy oโrganish global kommunikativ jarayonlarning milliy tillarga taโsirini 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 โlockdownโ, โonline educationโ, โmaskneโ, โdoomscrollingโ, and โsocial distancingโ, 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.