Blog, Slog, Filibuster

The ten most looked-up words in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. 


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2006
truthiness
google
 decider
war
insurgent
terrorism
vendetta
sectarian
quagmire
corruption

2005
integrity
refugee
contempt
filibuster
insipid
tsunami
pandemic
conclave
levee
inept


2004
blog
incumbent
electoral
insurgent
hurricane
cicada
peloton
partisan
sovereignty
defenestration

2003
democracy
quagmire
quarantine
matrix
marriage
slog
gubernatorial
plagiarism
outage
batten