The dictionary folk at Merriam-Webster sum up 2016: surreal
By Associated Press in New York | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-24 07:33
Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare?
Try something in between: "surreal", which is Merriam-Webster's word of the year, unveiled last week.
Meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream," or "unbelievable, fantastic," the word joins Oxford's "post-truth" and Dictionary.com's "xenophobia" as the year's top choices.
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