Three Dictionaries. Three Words of the Year. One Theme.

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By Ken Ham

Each year, dictionaries select and announce a “word of the year.” It is an attempt to either summarize the “feeling” of the passing year or highlight a word that had a spike in usage or definition searches, or both. The three major dictionaries, Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, and Oxford, have each released its word choice and, while the three words are very different, they still follow a common theme.

Here are the three “word of the year” choices:

What do these three words have in common? They reflect the change and preoccupations of …read more

Source: Ken Ham AIG