A list of Merriam-Webster's Top 10 words of 2014

The Associated Press
December 15, 2014 at 4:35PM

NEW YORK — A list of Merriam-Webster's Top 10 words of 2014:

Culture

Nostalgia

Insidious

Legacy

Feminism

Je ne sais quoi

Innovation

Surreptitious

Autonomy

Morbidity

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