Question: Which word is selected by Merriam-Webster as word of the year 2018?
(a) Justice
(b) Peace
(c) Surreal
(d) Youth cake
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2018 is Justice.
- The concept of justice was at the center of many of our national debates in the past year: racial justice, social justice, criminal justice, economic justice.
- In 2016 & 2017 Surreal and Youth cake were the Word of the year respectively.
- Dictionary.com selected misinformation as its Word of the Year whereas Oxford dictionary chooses toxic as Word of the Year.
- Merriam-Webster is an American company based in Springfield, Massachusetts. This company publishes reference books and is especially known for its dictionaries.
Links:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/merriam-webster-selects-justice-as-its-2018-word-of-the-year/ar-BBR4Riq
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/merriam-webster-2018-word-of-the-year-justice-5500112/
http://time.com/5480131/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-2018-justice/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38369698
https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/grammar-vocabulary/story/word-of-the-year-2017-by-four-dictionaries-1118345-2017-12-29