Merriam-Websters Word Of 2016: SURREAL

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Adjective joins 'post-truth' and ' xenophobia' among lexicographers' top choices to sum up annus horribilis that brought us Brexit chaos, Donald Trump, strikes and multiple celebrity deaths

Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare?

Try something in between: “surreal,” which is US dictionary Merriam-Webster's word of the year.

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.

“It just seems like one of those years,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor-at-large.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/merriam-webster-dictionary-word-of-the-year-2016-a7484156.html

[Madam45for2923]

1. Fog of an election.

[smirkymonkey]

2. Kafkaesque.

Very rarely is that term used accurately, but in this case I think it's appropriate.