The American Dialect Society met last week to vote on 2016's word of the year.
Their decision? The two-word term dumpster fire, defined as "an exceedingly disastrous or chaotic situation."
According to the ADS, "The expression came to be used metaphorically, a rough equivalent of train wreck, chiefly on sports radio, before being circulated in wider use as a highly negative term for such events as the 2016 election season."
Were "safe spaces," "trigger warnings," and "fake news" runners up?
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