# Words of the Year

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081 "2005-12-24T15:13:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081/1 "2005-12-24T15:13:08Z")

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Here. FWIT, are the 10 most frequently looked up words at Merriam-Webster online in the year 2005:

1. integrity
2. refugee
3. contempt
4. filibuster
5. insipid
6. tsunami
7. pandemic
8. conclave
9. levee
10. inept

Check 'em out, if you’re so inclined, at [http://m-w.com/info/05words.htm](http://m-w.com/info/05words.htm)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081/2 "2005-12-24T15:16:16Z")

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The word “hurricane” has a certain piquance, too.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081/3 "2005-12-24T15:46:01Z")

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What a cool prism for looking at the year just past.

Hm, “insipid” – Jessica Simpson, ya think?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081/4 "2005-12-24T15:55:29Z")

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A guy at work invented **enskanked** in talking about some guy besotted with some skanky woman at work. I mentioned it on the SDMB and now it is an entry in [www.urbandictionary.com](http://www.urbandictionary.com) Imagine how happy Mark is to have coined a word that may, with luck, become commonplace.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-of-the-year/337081/5 "2005-12-24T16:00:56Z")

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> [@don't ask](#):
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> A guy at work invented **enskanked** in talking about some guy besotted with some skanky woman at work. I mentioned it on the SDMB and now it is an entry in [www.urbandictionary.com](http://www.urbandictionary.com) Imagine how happy Mark is to have coined a word that may, with luck, become commonplace.

That’s outstanding! You should try getting it in at m-w online. I love it - and I’ll bet everyone else does, too.  
😃😃😃