[00:00.00]The American English dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announces their word of the year for 2014. 
[00:09.15]The word is culture.
[00:11.81]The publisher bases its choice on how many people look up the word in its online dictionary. 
[00:18.89]Many search for these words after major news events or stories on entertainment and sports.
[00:26.11]The editors at Merriam-Webster say ¡°culture is a big word at back-to-school time each year.¡± 
[00:34.03]But this year the search for culture has extended beyond the school year. 
[00:39.09]A wider use of the word culture might be taking place in daily lives.
[00:45.19]The word culture appears more these days in combination with other words to identify behavior, issue, idea or even a group. For example,
[00:58.86]¡¤ He says American pop culture is one reason for English¡¯s popularity as a foreign language.
[01:06.49]¡¤ Sula Vineyards in India opened a tasting room to create a wine culture among its people.
[01:14.32]¡¤ The new Ukraine leaders will have to reform the corrupt political culture that led to the Euro maidan revolution.
[01:24.10]The second most-frequently searched word, according to Merriam-Webster, is nostalgia. 
[01:30.69]The word comes from a Greek word meaning "to return home"; it once meant "homesickness" in English. 
[01:38.34]It explains the popularity of Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire and Downton Abbey.
[01:45.26]Number three is insidious, which was on the title of a horror movie.
[01:50.73] It described malware, computer virus attacks, and Ebola this year.
[01:57.80]Coming in at number four is legacy. 
[02:00.60]Changes in the past year made us aware of "lasting impact"; it can mean something we receive from the past or something we leave for the future.
[02:12.01]Word number five is something of a legacy itself: feminism. 
[02:17.59]Time magazine used the term ¡°pop feminism¡± to describe the popularity of female entertainers Beyonc¨¦ and Miley Cyrus.
[02:28.12]Merriam-Webster¡¯s sixth word is not even in English. It is Je ne sais quoi. 
[02:35.18]It is a French expression that means "a pleasant quality that is hard to describe." 
[02:41.18]In French, the phrase literally means "I know not what."
[02:46.59]You may not know what is going to happen next. The seventh word is innovation. 
[02:53.13]The rapid pace of change in our lives was a topic of more than one best-selling book and public discussion about the topic of innovation.
[03:03.37]We cannot hide the eighth word, surreptitious. 
[03:07.68]In 2014, we have the 40thanniversary of Watergate with the Nixon resignation. 
[03:15.17]There were many news stories about government data collection, stolen passwords and credit card security.
[03:23.08]You are on your own with word number nine, autonomy. 
[03:27.36]The referendum in Scotland, political changes in the Ukraine and Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong reminded us of this idea of independence and the power to govern oneself.
[03:42.05]The list comes to a sad end with morbidity. 
[03:46.54]The word morbidity comes from the Latin word for "disease" (morbus) and means "the relative incidence of disease." 
[03:56.25]The word appeared in reports about Ebola.
[03:59.64]What do you think? Do you have a favorite new word for this year??