Dictionary.com is actually the largest and most trusted free online dictionary. One can quickly find words with accurate definitions as well as it’s proper pronunciation. It is a website featuring:
-Word of the Day - Grammars & styles - Translators - References
- Word Games - Daily Crossword - Thesaurus
The editors are choosing a word of a kind per year in two ways:
1. They can select common words in usage
2. They can select a word that captures the character of the year.
And now, their Word of the Year pick? Well, most probably you’ve never even heard their chosen Word of the Year. I know I didn’t.
Tergiversate. Pronounced as “ ter-jiv-er-sate”. It is a word from Latin tergiversor (turn one’s back or make excuses); from tergum (the back) & verso (turn). It is verb that means to change repeatedly one’s attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.”. It also means to change sides or loyalty or to evade. Simply put it means to “double-minded’ since it means you like to change your mind a lot. Like women? :D
Editors said they have chosen it since it is associated with situations rapidly changing which fits our political and economic times.
"We think that it's immensely rewarding to find existing words that capture a precise experience and this year tumult has been the norm rather than the exception," says the website's head of content Jay Schwartz in a Daily Mail article. "The word encompasses a sense of 'flip-flopping' but it also implies a number of other complicating forces."
Last year’s word of the year was ‘change’ describing the word becoming a different place.
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