US dictionary company Merriam-Webster has announced that its official word of the year for 2016 is “surreal”, which is defined as “marked by the intensity of a dream”, according to CBS. The company said “surreal” is “often looked up spontaneously in moments of both tragedy and surprise.” There were three distinct events this past year that led to the word’s popularity in searches: the Brussels terror attacks in March, the failed *coup in Turkey in July, and the US presidential election in November.
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