The curious minds at Aperture wrestle with the complexity of language to explain why one English word remains nearly indefinable.

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Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024. On Monday (December 9), the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year.

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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary followed suit in 2003, using harsher language to describe a McJob as “low-paying and dead-end work.” In both cases, McDonald’s was not amused.

Instead, the dictionary publisher picked "authentic" as the top word of the year. "Although clearly a desirable quality, 'authentic' is hard to define and subject to debate," Merriam-Webster said.

The dictionary goes on to define the term as "the average retail prices of food, clothing, and other necessities paid by a person, family, etc., in order to live at their usual standard".

Here are some "Although clearly a desirable quality, authentic is hard to define and subject to debate — two reasons it sends many people to the dictionary," Merriam-Webster said in its release.

Merriam-Webster has picked its word of the year. "Authentic" is the top word of 2023, according to America's oldest dictionary. Merriam-Webster said it saw a "substantial increase" in online ...