The 2017 Word of the Year is complicit, says Dictionary.com. Complicit, defined as “choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others,” was the annual pick of a word “indicative of larger trends that resonated throughout the year,” the company said. The choice was made by the online dictionary’s in-house experts ― lexicographers, the marketing and product teams, and the CEO. “Lookups for the word complicit increased by nearly 300 percent in searches in 2017 as compared to 2016,” Liz McMillan, CEO of Dictionary.com, said in a press release. Searches for the word complicit spiked during political happenings, Hollywood scandals and natural disasters, Dictionary.com said.

Source: Huffington Post November 27, 2017 16:18 UTC