Is there really a word of the year? Yes, there is. Merriam-Webster chose “pragmatic” to be the 2011 word of the year. Merriam-Webster started choosing the word of the year back in 2003. It is now left up of the public to vote on.
Definition of pragmatic – practical, antonym idealistic
The first word of the year (2003) was democracy
The 2004 word of the year was blog.
The 2005 word of the year was integrity.
The 2006 word of the year was truthiness, which was created by Comedy Central’s own Stephen Colbert.
The 2007 word of the year was woot.
The 2008 word of the year was bailout.
The 2009 word of the year was admonish.
Last year’s word of the year was austerity.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/15/2547167/merriam-websters-words-of-the.html
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