The Word Culture

HikingArtist, via Wikipedia

It's getting close to the end of the year, and that always brings on the summing-up, the afterthoughts, the retrospectives, and the whatevers-of-the-year. Accordingly, Merriam-Webster has named its word of the year, and oddly enough, because we seem to be suffering from a peculiar lack of it these days (OK, IMHO), it's culture. Which begs the question, how is the word of the year chosen?: http://mentalfloss.com/article/60713/merriam-websters-word-year-culture