Merriam-Webster Reveals Year’s Most Looked-Up Words

PRNewsFoto/Merriam-Webster Inc.(NEW YORK) — Merriam-Webster is out with this year’s list of most looked-up words for 2012 — and we have the presidential election to thank for much of it.

The top two words, Merriam-Webster says, are “socialism” and “capitalism.”

Taking the honors for the most looked-up word in a single day is “malarkey,” after Vice President Joe Biden’s famous use of the word during the vice presidential debate in October.

Here is the list of Merriam-Webster’s most looked-up words of the year.

1. socialism and capitalism
2. touché
3. bigot
4. marriage
5. democracy
6. professionalism
7. globalization
8. malarkey
9. schadenfreude
10. meme

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