We're into December, which means all kinds of folks are pronouncing their nominations for "Word of the Year." And in a nod to Dictionary.com's just-revealed choice, you could say our Faith Salie is ...

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Dictionary.com announced that "complicit" is its 2017 Word of the Year. It's based on search data. Lexicographer Jane Solomon says overall searches for "complicit" were up 300 percent this year ...

Dictionary.com has selected "complicit" as its word of the year for 2017, citing the term's renewed relevance in U.S. culture and politics — and noting that a refusal to be complicit has also been "a ...

NEW YORK -- This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017 is "feminism." Yes, it's been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, searches for feminism ...

Oxford Dictionaries declared a phrase coined in 1965 its word of the year for 2017. “Youthquake” — defined as “a significant cultural, political or social change arising from the actions or influence ...

It’s not fake news. The American Dialect Society’s 2017 Word of the Year is: “fake news.” The society chose the phrase on Jan. 5, which they defined as “disinformation or falsehoods presented as real ...

Ivanka Trump's choice to remain involved in her father's presidency helped make "complicit" Dictionary.com's word of the year, but the site said the word resonates with a number of 2017's biggest ...

LONDON — The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2017 has been revealed, and the winner is ... “youthquake.” Confused? You may not be the only one. The word is defined as meaning “a significant ...