Merriam-Webster decided to flex its mastery and importance over the English language and name the top 10 words of the year for 2012. Unsurprisingly, a lot of them are politics related (bigot anyone?), but one tech word was able to sneak its way into the top 10: meme.

Officially, the word of the year anointed by the language king Merriam-Webster is actually two words: socialism and capitalism. Aw, ain’t that so sweet. Like two peas in a pod. Or like strawberries and cream. Or hamburgers and chips. Whatever. The rest of the top 10 most looked up words (in alphabetical order) are:

• - bigot
• - democracy
• - globalisation
• - marriage
• - meme
• - professionalism
• - schadenfreude
• - touché

I’m kind of disappointed in some of those that cracked the list. Couldn’t we have sneaked in sext or something? [CBS News, The Atlantic Wire, Image Credit: sergign/Shutterstock]