Runners-up to Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year

Boston.com (Dec 20 2010)

1. The runners-up to Merriam-Webster's 2010 Word of the Year -- austerity -- with definitions from the publisher's collegiate dictionary and, when applicable, the news event or story that generated the interest in the word: -- Pragmatic (adj.): relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters; practical as opposed to idealistic. U.S. elected officials began to talk about more "pragmatic" solutions to the nation's problems after the Nov. mid (Read Full Article)

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