Websters Online top ten words of the year

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Top 10 words of the year according to Merriam Websters Online (emphasis is theirs):

1. integrity

Pronunciation: in-'te-gr&-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat-, integritas, from integr-, integer entire
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2 : an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
synonym see HONESTY

The other 9:

2. refugee
3. contempt
4. filibuster
5. insipid
6. tsunami
7. pandemic
8. conclave
9. levee
10. inept

Oh dear. I guess whoever caused this to happen is just a little more edumacated now...
It's kind of scary to think that ordinary words I use in most debates are not known by just enough people to make these the top 10...