fgghjk.jpgMerriam-Webster says the word of the year, meaning the word with the highest intensity of lookups in their online version in 2008 is:


bailout

which is probably not shocking. I like the whole Top Ten list; It's like the abbreviated John McCain story.

bailout
vet
socialism
maverick
bipartisan
trepidation
precipice
rogue
misogyny
turmoil