It”s a while after midnight (yes, I was watching “The Office” and it got late,) so I am going to keep this short.

This article ran ten days ago, but I just came across it today. As we wrap up this remarkably rough year in less than 72 hours, I thought it should be the focus of a good (and short) post for Monday the 28th.

The Washington Post asked readers to describe 2020 in one word or phrase. Here’s what they said.

I recommend that you take a look at the article to get the methodology of their survey as well as the full results.

Here are the top ways that respondents described 2020:

Exhausting

LOST

CHAOTIC

RELENTLESS

SURREAL

A TV show that never knows when to end

FALLOW

LIMBO

HEARTBREAKING

What fresh hell is this?

NIGHTMARE

Broken Dreams

STIFLING

Dumpster Fire

A Year of Missing

And the oddest, yet perhaps the most on the nose description: