The KoreaMerriam-Webster Dictionary's Twitter account, which has had quite an active election season between fact-checking America's vocabulary and tossing out burns, has come back with a more somber tone about the incoming Trump administration.
SEE ALSO: Merriam-Webster is chucking incendiary tweets ahead of the electionOn Sunday night, the dictionary tweeted out a list of the top word lookups, just a few hours ahead of Trump's appearance on 60 Minutes, his first major interview since he defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
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That is an incredibly depressing list. Giving it extra heft is the blog post attached to the tweet, showing the spike in searches for the word "misogyny" in the wake of Trump's victory.
Not to read too much into things, but a few other tweets from the dictionary in the days after the election hint at the feelings of some across the country.
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Of course, it all could just be a coincidence.
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