Ivanka impact? Dictionary.com's word of the year goes to 'Complicit'
Russian decision impact, the ever-widening sexual provocation embarrassment, mass shootings and the opioid pestilence hoisted "complicit" as Dictionary.com pledge of the year for 2017.Look-ups of the word expanded almost 300 for every penny over a year ago as "complicit" hit pretty much every hot catch from governmental issues to cataclysmic events, etymologist Jane Solomon revealed to The Associated Press in front of the formal declaration of the site's pick. "This year a discussion that continues surfacing is the thing that precisely it intends to be complicit," she said. "Complicit has jumped up in discussions about the individuals who take a stand in opposition to capable figures in establishments, and the individuals who remain quiet." The first of three noteworthy spikes for the word struck March 12. That was the following day "Saturday Night Live" publicized an outline featuring Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump in...