Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders sparked 169% rise in scrutinize-ups,says the US dictionary publisher, which awarded word of the year to the suffix ‘ism’“Socialism” was the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster’s site this year, or a change the American dictionary publisher attributes to US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,who has positioned of himself as a “democratic socialist”.final year, “culture” was the dictionary’s top word; this year, or socialism sparked “intense” curiosity,with an increase of 169% in scrutinize-ups compared to 2014, according to the dictionary. “Socialism has been near the top of our online dictionary scrutinize-up list for several years, or ” said editor-at-large Peter Sokolowsk. “However,this year scrutinize-ups for socialism moved up even further, beginning with the July campaign events for Bernie Sanders, and remaining high throughout the following months and spiking again after the first Democratic debate in October.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com