Word of the Year 2016
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Word of the Year 2016
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 Angela   Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 
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An adequate choice, well justified. And shame. +1 
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Smoke me a kipper  Send message Joined: 28 Apr 01 Posts: 122 Credit: 270,914 RAC: 0 
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An adequate choice, well justified. And shame. I have to agree. Pity :-( ID: 1831662 · |
Gary Charpentier    Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30639 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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I see dictionary dot com has picked a different word, "xenophobia" Also seems very appropriate for all the same reasons. 
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shizaru  Send message Joined: 14 Jun 04 Posts: 1130 Credit: 1,967,904 RAC: 0 
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Post-Truth eh? Cute. You guys are kidding right? I mean, I know mosta-yall come here just to blow off steam so I get why smarts are often AFK but... But, but! This is your chance to summarize 2016 in a few words! So no matter what website chooses whatever... The Peoples Choice for 2016 is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Establishment Meanwhile in April this happened and already everybody's forgotten about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_tax_haven) Then there's these inconvenient little truths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_to_Play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_deal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downward_Mobility & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-class_squeeze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_Capitalism and my personal favorites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_welfare and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy Even if it's zany you're after and prefer to end the year on a high note, I can still think of a couple more obvious choices than lame ol' "post-truth". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_of_deplorables Last but - most certainly - not least... Grab 'em by the... whatever ;) ID: 1834488 · |
Sirius B   Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 
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Merriam-Webster's word of the year is Surreal ID: 1837028 · |
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