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Culture tops Merriam-Webster Top 10 words of 2014

This Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 photo shows Merriam-Webster's 2014 word of the year, "culture," on the Merriam-Webster smartphone app and a dictionary's culture page in front of the word's citation file drawer at the dictionary publisher's offices in Springfield, Mass. Citation files are notations of marked words used in context over time. Merriam-Webster based its pick and nine runners-up on significant increases in lookups this year over last at its homepage, Merriam-Webster.com. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
This Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 photo shows Merriam-Webster's 2014 word of the year, "culture," on the Merriam-Webster smartphone app and a dictionary's culture page in front of the word's citation file drawer at the dictionary publisher's offices in Springfield, Mass. Citation files are notations of marked words used in context over time. Merriam-Webster based its pick and nine runners-up on significant increases in lookups this year over last at its homepage, Merriam-Webster.com. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – A list of Merriam-Webster’s Top 10 words of 2014:

Culture

Nostalgia

Insidious

Legacy