'Justice' is Merriam-Webster's
2018 Word of the Year 'Justice' saw a 74% increase in look-ups in 2018 compared with 2017. Earlier in the week, Oxford Dictionaries named 'toxic' its word of the year, and Dictionary.com selected 'misinformation' as its winner. The announcement comes days after Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison. Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster editor, via statement To be considered for word of the year, an entry has to show both a high volume of traffic and a significant year-over-year increase in lookups. Peter Sokolowski, via statement
