Merriam-Webster decided to flex its mastery and importance over the English language and name the top 10 words of the year for 2012. Unsurprisingly, a lot of them are politics related (there was a Presidential Election this year, didn’t ya know?) but one tech word was able to sneak its way into the top 10: meme.
Officially, the word of the year anointed by the language king Merriam-Webster is actually two words: socialism and capitalism. Aw, ain’t that so sweet. Like two peas in a pod. Or like peanut butter and jelly, or hamburgers and fries. Whatever. The rest of the top 10 most looked up words (in alphabetical order) are:
- bigot
- democracy
- globalisation
- marriage
- meme
- professionalism
- schadenfreude
- touche
I’m kind of disappointed in some of those that cracked the list. Couldn’t we have sneaked in sext or something? [CBS News, The Atlantic Wire]
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