Dictionary.com picks 'complicit' as 2017 word of the year

Source: The Hill

“This year a conversation that keeps on surfacing is what exactly it means to be complicit,” lexicographer Jane Solomon told The Associated Press in explaining the choice.

“Complicit has sprung up in conversations about those who speak out against powerful figures in institutions, and those who stay silent.”

She said searches for the word this year over last year shot up almost 300 percent.

The first surge happened in March following a "Saturday Night Live" skit called "Complicit." The skit mocked Ivanka Trump, with Scarlett Johansson playing the first daughter in a commercial for a new fragrance.



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