Dictionary.com has chosen a word you've probably never heard of as the word of the year for 2011.Laura Newcombe of Toronto, Canada, participates in the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee
The word is Tergiversate and it is a verb meaning "to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc." or to turn renegade. Basically it means you like to change your mind a lot.
Pronounced "ter-jiv-er-sate", editors say they chose it because it's associated with rapidly changing situations and is fitting to our political and economic times.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Tergiversate chosen as Dictionary.com's word of 2011
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