Dictionary.com's Word of the Year 2017: "Complicit"
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[quote]Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word “complicit” as Dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2017.
Look-ups of the word increased nearly 300 percent over last year as “complicit” hit just about every hot button from politics to natural disasters, lexicographer Jane Solomon told The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s formal announcement of the site’s pick.
“This year a conversation that keeps on surfacing is what exactly it means to be complicit,” she said. “Complicit has sprung up in conversations about those who speak out against powerful figures in institutions, and those who stay silent.”
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Solomon noted that neither she nor Dictionary.com can know what sends people to dictionaries or dictionary sites to look up “complicit” or any other word. She and other lexicographers who study look-up behavior believe it’s likely a combination of people who may not know a definition, are digging deeper or are seeking inspiration or emotional reinforcement of some sort.
As for “complicit,” she said several other major events contributed to interest in the word. They include the rise of the opioid epidemic and how it came to pass, along with the spread of sexual harassment and assault allegations against an ever-growing list of powerful men, including film mogul Harvey Weinstein.[/quote]
[url=https://apnews.com/457677d3ff8b472d9f32d4eb1ffedb19]Source: The Associated Press[/url]
Ouch.
At least it's not an emoji
I think I know what I want 2018's to be
[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;52926529]I think I know what I want 2018's to be[/QUOTE]
its obviously going to be macroeconomics because the tax plan is gonna win biggly and mueller is going to resign, SAD!, when the economy blows up yuge!
doubt impeachment is going to happen until after the mid terms because the GOP still wants to do...something..... with their ruined government
[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;52926529]I think I know what I want 2018's to be[/QUOTE]
guilty? indicted? implicated?
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52926915]Let 2018's be[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it needs to be. Not enough people know what the actual meaning is.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;52926915]Let 2018's be[/QUOTE]
Can we nominate “meteor” for 2020?
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52926920]Yeah, it needs to be. Not enough people know what the actual meaning is.[/QUOTE]
What do you mean?
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52926920]Yeah, it needs to be. Not enough people know what the actual meaning is.[/QUOTE]
I agree, the word of the year should be clear and universally understood
[quote]Covfefe[/quote]
[QUOTE=Bob The Knob;52927319]I agree, the word of the year should be clear and universally understood[/QUOTE]
I would be equal parts disappointed and jubilant.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;52927293]What do you mean?[/QUOTE]
All the idiots who say that Hillary committed "treason" with the uranium one crap, and the people who throw around "treason" in the context of Trump.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52927387]All the idiots who say that Hillary committed "treason" with the uranium one crap, and the people who throw around "treason" in the context of Trump.[/QUOTE]
"The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government"
Depending upon what one believes of the allegations against Trump--particularly conspiring with a foreign government that is hostile to the US to help him become elected--treason is a fitting word.
[QUOTE=DaMastez;52927429]"The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government"
Depending upon what one believes of the allegations against Trump--particularly conspiring with a foreign government that is hostile to the US to help him become elected--treason is a fitting word.[/QUOTE]
Except that doesn't kill or overthrow the government. The government is still there. It has not been overthrown nor killed. That definition doesn't fit.
I mean if the allegations are true, then he needs to be impeached. But it's not treason. Don't dilute a word to make it fit for it's implications.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52927457]Except that doesn't kill or overthrow the government. The government is still there. It has not been overthrown nor killed. That definition doesn't fit.
I mean if the allegations are true, then he needs to be impeached. But it's not treason. Don't dilute a word to make it fit for it's implications.[/QUOTE]
[b] especially by [/b]
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52927457]Except that doesn't kill or overthrow the government. The government is still there. It has not been overthrown nor killed. That definition doesn't fit.
I mean if the allegations are true, then he needs to be impeached. But it's not treason. Don't dilute a word to make it fit for it's implications.[/QUOTE]
The fact that almost every person he's put in charge of an agency has publicly stated they want to abolish that agency, that comes pretty fucking close to attempting to "kill" the government
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52926920]Yeah, it needs to be. Not enough people know what the actual meaning is.[/QUOTE]
Thyself included.
