'Feminism' is Merriam-Webster's 2017 word of the year

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Source: Politico



Following a year that started with global women's marches and ended with stories of sexual harassment and assault that have brought down powerful men in media, tech, Hollywood and politics, one word has been looked up continually throughout 2017: feminism.

Merriam-Webster announced Tuesday that it's the 2017 word of the year.

“No one word can ever encapsulate all the news, events, or stories of a given year,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, said in a statement. “But when we look back at the past twelve months and combine an analysis of words that have been looked up much more frequently than during the previous year along with instances of intense spikes of interest because of news events, we see that one word stands out in both categories."

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/12/merriam-webster-2017-word-of-the-year-291749

[DesertRat]

1. 45 has inspired the biggest awakening of feminism since the Suffragettes. nt

[SansACause]

2. I thought it'd be collusion

Surprising.

[gvstn]

3. I think collusion was often defined whenever it was brought up in news reports.

The Rest of Merriam-Webster’s Top 10 words for 2017:

2. Complicit ― an accusation leveled at first daughter Ivanka Trump.

3. Recuse ― what Attorney General Jeff Sessions did from the Russia probe.

4. Empathy ― Trump was regularly criticized for having none.

5. Dotard ― North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s nickname for Trump.

6. Syzygy ― searches soared thanks to the full solar eclipse in August.

7. Gyro ― inspired by a Jimmy Fallon skit on “The Tonight Show.”

8. Federalism ― the congressional debate over the Affordable Care Act caused this to surge.

9. Hurricane ― Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Maria all struck in 2017.

10. Gaffe ― The Best Picture announcement blunder at the Academy Awards made this a highly searched term.

I love #5. A crazy North Korean dictator (or his minion) has a larger vocabulary than our president and apparently a large portion of our population.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-2017_us_5a2fd37fe4b01598ac48045f