Covfefe dotard rocket man moron recuse collusion complicit and #MeToo are among the words and phrases that dominated the news in 2017. So many new words became popular that the publishers of “Words with Friends” added 50,000 terms to the game. Yet a winning word stands out. One popular dictionary publisher says people looked up one word more than any other in 2017. Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “feminism.” Searches for “feminism” increased 70 percent from 2016 to 2017 on Merriam-Webster.com. It rose several times after key news events.
Title: 'Feminism' Is Merriam-Webster 'Word of the Year'
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/feminism.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=''Feminism' Is Merriam-Webster 'Word of the Year'' data-article-id='2780'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='1813'>Covfefe</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='1813'>dotard</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='3250'>rocket man</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='4813'>moron</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='6042'>recuse</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='7646'>collusion</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time='8958'>complicit</span> <span data-start-time='10354' data-end-time='13438'>and #MeToo</span> <span data-start-time='13438' data-end-time='21000'>are among the words and phrases that dominated the news in 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='21000' data-end-time='33396'>So many new words became popular that the publishers of “Words with Friends” added 50,000 terms to the game.</span> <span data-start-time='33396' data-end-time='37125'>Yet a winning word stands out.</span> <span data-start-time='37125' data-end-time='46500'>One popular dictionary publisher says people looked up one word more than any other in 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='46500' data-end-time='52104'>Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “feminism.”</span> <span data-start-time='52104' data-end-time='64083'>Searches for “feminism” increased 70 percent from 2016 to 2017 on Merriam-Webster.com.</span> <span data-start-time='64083' data-end-time='69333'>It rose several times after key news events.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/feminism.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9843 data-hint-location='52104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/what_does_feminism_mean.m4a'>What does feminism mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='equal rights'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/equal_rights.m4a'><span>equal rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/women_should_vote.m4a'><span>women should vote</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/women_are_better.m4a'><span>women are better</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/men_are_better.m4a'><span>men are better</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9844 data-hint-location='33396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/what_does_the_winning_word_do.m4a'>What does the winning word do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='stands out'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/colludes.m4a'><span>colludes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/retires.m4a'><span>retires</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/stands_out.m4a'><span>stands out</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/works_hard.m4a'><span>works hard</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9845 data-hint-location='46500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/the_word_of_the_year_is__blank_.m4a'>The word of the year is <span class='blank'>feminism</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='feminism'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/moron.m4a'><span>moron</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/feminism.m4a'><span>feminism</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/collusion.m4a'><span>collusion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2264/complicit.m4a'><span>complicit</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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