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'Complicit' Is The Word Of The Year In 2017, Dictionary.com Says (npr.org)

Posted by msmash on from the word dept.

Dictionary.com has selected "complicit" as its word of the year for 2017, citing the term's renewed relevance in U.S. culture and politics -- and noting that a refusal to be complicit has also been "a grounding force of 2017." From a report: The website defines "complicit" as "choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity." Interest in the word spiked several times this year, Dictionary.com says -- most notably when Ivanka Trump said in April, "I don't know what it means to be complicit."

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  1. Why the fuck is this on Slashdot's front page?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why the fuck is this submission on the front page of Slashdot?!

    This submission has nothing to do with technology, science, math, computing, science fiction, programming, or anything even remotely relevant.

    This is shit-tier news that would even be considered pretty irrelevant by most mainstream sites.

    Even as a purely political submission this one is total shit.

    Whipslash, if you still even visit this site, can you please do something about msmash? Msmash has repeatedly put some of the most idiotic, irrelevant submissions up on the front page. Please relieve msmash of its editorial duties here.