Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. It comes on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month for the same honor by Oxford Dictionaries in these tumultuous times. ADVERTISEMENTThe site, with 90 million monthly users, picked “complicit” as the 2017 word of the year. Solomon told The Associated Press ahead of the formal announcement that important distinctions should be made between misinformation and disinformation. Though they share some characteristics, she said Dictionary.com chose the less nefarious intent of misinformation as word of the year as a call to action.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 26, 2018 12:56 UTC