Surprise! Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year Is "Feminism"

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Merriam-Webster (the dictionary) has revealed its words of the year and rounding off the list is "feminism". 

It's been a big year for feminism, with the tide turning for victims of sexual violence who have been silenced or not believed for decades, and are finally having their stories told.

Merriam-Webster explained it was the most-searched word on the dictionary site, with spikes occurring during certain times of the year when certain film and television releases sparked debates and discussion regarding their themes.

"We saw increased lookups after the release of both Hulu’s series The Handmaid's Tale and the film Wonder Woman," Merriam-Webster wrote. 

The website defines feminism as: "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" and "organised activity on behalf of women's rights and interests."

Also making the list was the word 'complicit', in relation to Donald Trump's presidency, which is defined as "helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way." 

Interesting.

Making the list were other Trump Government-related words such as recuse, dotard, and empathy.

Gyros made an appearance after Jimmy Fallon performed a song about its pronunciation, while hurricanes were searched the ninth-most amount of times due to the intense weather faced by North and Central America this year.

Syzygy was the most unusual word to appear on their Top 10, which, after reading the definition, still makes little sense to me. It's apparently "the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system."

It's in reference to the solar eclipse that occurred in North America this year. You know, the one that President Trump looked directly at without the special glasses, despite being warned not to.

Ah, what a year it has been.

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