NEW YORK -- This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017 is "feminism." Yes, it's been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, lookups for feminism ...

While it's hard to point to a single word as defining an entire year, several words help define news events and movements in 2017. Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "feminism." The online ...

Trump helped change the definition of "fake news" in 2017, according to the American Dialect Society.

The Women's March on Washington, The Handmaid's Tale, and the #MeToo movement all shaped Merriam-Webster's 2017 Word of the Year: "Feminism." Though other politically charged words were certainly ...

In 2017, lookups for "feminism" increased 70 percent over 2016 on Merriam-Webster.com and spiked several times after key events. By The Associated Press This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam ...

2016 was a dumpster fire. Last year was the year of fake news. That's according to the selections made in the American dialect Society's annual word of the year contest. Fake news was named the word ...

This year has been jam-packed with news from politics to culture to technology. Guest host Ray Suarez speaks with linguist Ben Zimmer about this year's frontrunners for the American Dialect Society's ...

This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017 is “feminism.” Yes, it’s been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, lookups for feminism increased 70 ...

NEW YORK -- This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017 is "feminism." Yes, it's been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, searches for feminism ...

NEW YORK — This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017 is "feminism." Yes, it's been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, lookups for feminism ...

Merriam-Webster issues its top-10 words every year. What are this year's words, and what do they say about society? NPR's Rachel Martin sits down with Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski to find out. And ...