It happened again in July after the coup attempt in Turkey and the terrorist attack in Nice, France in which a man driving a truck swerved back and forth through a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks, crushing 86 people to death. But the biggest spike came after Trump -- the tweeting, shoot-from-the-hip political neophyte and property tycoon who insulted women, minorities and Muslims during the campaign -- defeated Hillary Clinton during the November 8 race for the White House. [caption id="attachment_41174" align="aligncenter" width="800"]1) 'Surreal' is one of the most common lookups following a tragedy 2) 'Surreal' is our 2016 Word of the Yearhttps://t.co/O7azAyRQC1
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How surreal. https://t.co/QZ04EHJWiV — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 19, 2016Bigly actually is in the dictionary, and means in great scope, or with a blustering manner. Clinton's use of "deplorable" as a plural noun to describe some of Trump's supporters -- "a basket of deplorables" -- was also a top trending word for 2016, Merriam-Webster said.
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