Well, Merriam-Webster’s words of the year list is out, and the numero uno most-looked-up word this year is “Admonish”. The site states that this is due to the usage of the word in the White House’s statement regarding Joe Wilson’s outburst, and it was apparently confused for a purely technical term by many news outlets. I really had no idea it was that rare.
Also near the top of the list is “pandemic,” appropriately enough. Amusingly, “rogue” makes the top ten for the second year in a row. Who knew Palin would be expanding people’s vocabularies?