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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 18 2015, @03:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 18 2015, @03:33PM (#278215)
    This is all easily explained by the "Two Cows Philosophy of Government":

    http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/Articles/TwoCowPhilosophy.htm

  • (Score: 2) by BK on Friday December 18 2015, @05:35PM

    by BK (4868) on Friday December 18 2015, @05:35PM (#278277)

    Tucows Inc. is a publicly traded Internet services and telecommunications company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    I'm surprised they still exist...

    FRENCH CAPITALISM; You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.

    Sounds right.

    --
    ...but you HAVE heard of me.

  • (Score: 2) by zeigerpuppy on Friday December 18 2015, @11:50PM

    by zeigerpuppy (1298) on Friday December 18 2015, @11:50PM (#278403)

    Wow that page started as mildly funny and became lazily racist really fast.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday December 19 2015, @02:26AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday December 19 2015, @02:26AM (#278457) Journal

      Really? I thought it was surprisingly not racist, given how much our usual white supremacist colleagues did post. And while half of what they said was blinkered and/or incorrect on an academic, pedantic level, it was not so terribly off-base when measured against the knowledge of history, politics, and social theory that average Americans have; they also did make some good points.

      There was that one post (so far) about Zionists, but that's the same guy who's always beating that drum.

      All in all, this thread has been much more civil and informed than expected. Well done, Soylent!

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.