Buy Or Don’t Buy

As this year wraps up, year-end lists are popping up. And unlike Alli, I can’t say I buy/don’t buy all of them.

So let me not buy this one: The Merriam-Webster’s Word of The Year. The results are measured by how many hits the word got on their website. So what’s my problem? It shows how dumb we are. (We being Americans, which I am assuming is the main visitors of the page) Take a look at the words:

10. Turmoil
9. Misogyny
8. Rogue
7. Precipice
6. Trepidation
5. Bipartisan
4. Maverick
3. Socialism
2. Vet

and…

1. Bailout

So what’s my problem? Let’s look at this psychologically. When does someone use the dictionary, online or otherwise? When they don’t know the meaning of a word. What does that matter? Well, that means a lot of people did not know what those words mean. Sure, misogyny isn’t used everyday, so that one I’ll excuse (FYI: it means hatred of women). But rogue, vet, maverick? Those all revolve around Sarah Palin. It makes me feel dumb trying to understand how people don’t know those words.

And the number one word… Bailout. Really? Really? No wonder why America is in such deep shit? We don’t even know how deep we are in because we can’t even understand the words that express how much crap we are now in.