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MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR 2023
400
Former Brat Packer Molly Ringwald played Mary Andrews, mom to Archie on this CW series
Riverdale
400
Violins made by him can be pricey; one worth $2.6 million was -oops!--left on a train in 2016 but quickly recovered
Stradivarius
400
Airtight, like an alibi, or an old armor-plated warship
ironclad
400
Dantès is thrown into the water inside of a burial shroud before finding treasure on an uninhabited island in this novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
400
Tracee Ellis Ross, who played Rainbow Johnson on "black-ish", has this singer as a mom
Diana Ross
400
While "pandemic" was the word for 2020, 2021 was more optimistic with this entry, thanks to Pfizer, Moderna, and others
vaccine
800
This sitcom character was mom to Becky, Darlene & D.J.
Roseanne Conner
800
An early edition of this group of English stories written in the 14th century went for $7.5 million in 1998
The Canterbury Tales
800
It can be a simple remedy for a difficult problem, or what's needed to kill a werewolf
silver bullet
800
In this novel by Twain & Warner that lent its name to a time period, the Hawkins fam tries to get rich by hook or by crook
The Gilded Age
800
Lourdes Leon, who released music under the name Lolahol, is the daughter & "ray of light" of this singer
Madonna
800
In 2015, the word was the suffix "-ism" and 2 years later it was this "-ism" associated with Betty Friedan
feminism
1200
Glynis Johns, mom to Jane & Michael in the original of this film, passed away in 2024 at age 100
Mary Poppins
1200
The white "subway" dress worn by this actress in a 1955 film was not marked down when it went for $5.6 million
Marilyn Monroe
1200
This term for Northerners opposed to the Civil War likened them to a snake in the grass
Copperheads
1200
Harry Jones is a grifter after a payday who takes an interminable doze in this work, Philip Marlowe's 1st full-length appearance
The Big Sleep
1200
She set a Guinness world record for youngest individual credited with a Grammy for her work on Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl"
Blue Ivy Carter
1200
The lady seen here is a representation of this selection for 2018
justice
1600
Before her Oscar-winning role in "Everything Everywhere All at Once", she played the matriarch in "Crazy Rich Asians"
(Michelle) Yeoh
1600
Let there be very expensive light from 2 gilt-metal & rock crystal these fixtures, bought at auction in 2010 for $677,000
chandeliers
1600
Fashion model Derek Zoolander gave this name to his trademark look; others include Ferrari & Le Tigre
Blue Steel
1600
A couple die trying to keep a briefcase chock full of cash from a drug deal gone bad in this novel by Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men
1600
In 2023 her daughter Frances Bean Cobain married Riley Hawk, son of Tony
(Courtney) Love
1600
A 1944 Ingrid Bergman film popularized this 11-letter word of 2022, an act of psychological manipulation
gaslighting
2000
Only 4 years older than Robin Williams, Glenn Close was cast as his feminist mom Jenny Fields in this 1982 film
The World According to Garp
2000
Just 2 years old, in 2017 a bottle made from this "most renowned grape variety" for fine red wine sold for $350,000
Cabernet (Sauvignon)
2000
A song in "Guys & Dolls" is called "Fugue For" these, slang for gamblers with more flash than cash
Tinhorns
2000
In "Double Indemnity" by this author, Walter Huff thinks an accidental death insurance policy can result in a true daily double
James M. Cain
2000
Lola Lennox is a singer just like mom Annie, who sang "sweet dreams are made of this" as part of this duo
the Eurythmics
2000
In 2003, the first Merriam-Webster "Word of the Year" was this form of government by the people
democracy