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'Socialism' the Most Looked-Up Word of 2015 on Merriam-Webster

posted by cmn32480 on Friday December 18 2015, @10:46AM   
from the how-do-you-spell-that dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The Guardian reports that "socialism" was the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster's site this year, a change the American dictionary publisher attributes to US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who has positioned of himself as a "democratic socialist".

As a socialist (or communist) myself, I personally think it's great that especially people from the United States try to figure out the meaning of the word beyond McCarthyism. I'm glad that people show interest in politics and finding out about positions of candidates.

Past years winners are available on Wikipedia.

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• Re:Systems naming themselves Re:Systems naming themselves (Score: 4, Insightful) by isostatic on Friday December 18 2015, @02:48PM

  by isostatic (365) on Friday December 18 2015, @02:48PM (#278202) Journal

  In america you don't need to be a member of a party to vote, anyone can vote for John Jackson OR Jack Johnson. Freedom yeay!

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• Re:Systems naming themselves (Score: 3, Informative) by Joe Desertrat on Friday December 18 2015, @08:12PM

  by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Friday December 18 2015, @08:12PM (#278337)

  Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

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• Re:Systems naming themselves (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 19 2015, @07:45PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 19 2015, @07:45PM (#278673)

  Jack Johnson for President! Dude is a fine musician! And the US would be a better place if all Presidents were from Hawaii.

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