“Surreal” is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2016, the publisher announced on Monday. Surreal is defined as “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream.” Surreal is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year because it was looked up significantly more frequently by users in 2016 than it was in previous years, and because there were … Continue reading ‘Surreal’ is Merriam-Webster’s Completely Apt ‘Word of the Year’ for 2016