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2020: The Word of the Year Is...

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has named its word of the year for 2020 and it shouldn't come as a surprise: It's "pandemic."

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has named its word of the year for 2020 and it shouldn't come as a surprise: It's "pandemic."

Merriam-Webstersays searches for the word spiked more than 115,000 percent over the same time last year. Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski says searchers weren't only looking for a definition of "pandemic" but also for more information and details about the pandemic.

The dictionary's editors use a formula that weighs the raw number of look-ups with current events to come up with a list every year. Here are the other top word look-ups of 2020:

  1. Coronavirus
  2. Quarantine
  3. Asymptomatic
  4. Mamba
  5. Kraken
  6. Defund
  7. Antebellum
  8. Irregardless
  9. Icon
  10. Schadenfreude
  11. Malarkey

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