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Rage-baiting the slop: Why are the words of the year so weird?

Rage-baiting the slop: Why are the words of the year so weird?

Given how weird they’ve gotten, why are language experts picking internet-based fads as the words of the year? What arcane process leads to words of the year that vacillate from the brain-numbing to the politically charged? And, given how mad it makes everyone, why are they even bothering to do it?

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