"Feminism" Is Merriam-Webster's 2017 Word of the Year

With 2017 coming to an end, the results of the year's events are in review: Google was voted the best place to work, "The Silence Breakers" became TIME's Person of the Year, and Gucci was the year's most sought-out brand. Similarly, Merriam-Webster has announced that 2017's wWrd of the Year is "feminism." This year, searches for the word skyrocketed by 70 percent, prompted by events like January's Women's March and May's Wonder Woman premiere. The term was coined by Noah Webster in 1843 and orig...