The Word of the Month

Archives

May 2018: Withdraw Withdrawal Symptoms.
April 2018: Fool Everybody plays the fool sometimes.
March 2018: Spy Spies like us.
February 2018: Launch Bro, what if we sent a car into space?
January 2018: Gap Gaps in the system.
December 2017: Holy An unholy alliance of words and events.
November 2017: Creep Creeps don't belong here.
October 2017: Leaf Love it or Leaf it.
September 2017: Surge Surge in general, warning.
August 2017: Shadow A lighter look at shadows.
July 2017: Shrink Honey I shrunk the polar ice caps.
June 2017: Hang A well hung parliament, innit?
May 2017: Bit Bitcoins, ransom and malware. Oh my.
April 2017: Runoff Run off to the Runoff
March 2017: March Marching towards April
February 2017: Fake Fake news and Alternative facts.
January 2017: Snap Snappy remarks about snaps.
December 2016: Cheer Cheers to New Years.
November 2016: Swing Swingers gonna swing.
October 2016: Prize A sometimes noble history of Prizes.
September 2016: Hack Hackers are people too. But sometimes they're robots.
August 2016: Bolt The nuts and bolts of bolt.
July 2016: Hug The War on Hugs
June 2016: Poll The Brexit: an English goodbye.
May 2016: Impeach The peachy world of impeachment.
April 2016: Loophole For the love of loopholes.
March 2016: Trump Trumping Donald.
February 2016: Leap All things leap.
January 2016: Odd The odd life and times of David Bowie.
December 2015: Cop The COP21 meeting in Paris, and COPS everywhere.
November 2015: Mourn Mourning worldwide.
October 2015: Cheat Cheaters sometimes win.
September 2015: Asylum The migrant 'crisis' in Europe.
August 2015: Foil All you wanted to know about foiling but were afraid to ask.
July 2015: Pluto Pluto, the dwarf planet.
June 2015: Bribe Another day, another bribe.
May 2015: Blue A new blue period.
April 2015: Race There's more to race than color.
March 2015: Cricket The curious case of the cricket.
February 2015: Goat The Year of the Goat.
January 2015: Shed Blood, sweat and tears shed across the world.
December 2014: Make up A new beginning for the US and Cuba.
November 2014: Fall Fall into Fall.
October 2014: Savings Savings: Time, money, daylight and you.
September 2014: Scotch The referendum on Scottish independence.
August 2014: Canal Canals are anything but banal.
July 2014: Space Space - The final frontier?
June 2014: History The historical month of June.
May 2014: Mother Mother's Day and the month of May. Tell your mom we said hi.
April 2014: Roam Mobile roaming around Europe.
March 2014: Lost The mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370.
February 2014: Ring An examination of rings.
January 2014: Heart A heart-stopping look at hearts, artificial and organic.
December 2013: Peacemaker The death of a legendary peacemaker.
November 2013: Hashtag #hashtags #wordofthemonth #november #2013
October 2013: Shutdown The October shutdown of the US government.
September 2013: Chemistry Better living through chemistry.
August 2013: Dog Days The Dog Days of Summer.
July 2013: Heir New heirs in Europe.
June 2013: Privacy Whatever happened to privacy?
May 2013: Nuke Nuclear and present danger.
April 2013: Iron Lady The death of Margaret "Maggie" Thatcher.
March 2013: Successor Successors in the headlines.
February 2013: Horse The horsemeat scandal and more.
January 2013: 13 The number 13.
December 2012: Doomsday The end of the world as we know it.
November 2012: Movember The month of mustaches.
October 2012: Debate Debates far and near.
September 2012: Moon Neil Armstrong's death and more about the Moon.
August 2012: Medal The 2012 Olympic Games and more.
July 2012: Higgs Boson The Higgs Boson explained.
June 2012: Earth The Earth and its summits.
May 2012: Gay Same-sex marriage in the news.
April 2012: First Lady First Ladies, past, present and future.
March 2012: Primaries Primary knowledge.
February 2012: Pirate Pirates old and new.
January 2012: Silicon Silicon vs. Silicone.
December 2011: Santa Claus Santa Claus and the holiday season.
November 2011: Thanksgiving The Thanksgiving holiday.
October 2011: Jobs Rising unemployment and the death of Steve Jobs.
September 2011: Debt The current debt crisis.
August 2011: Beach Summer at the beach.
July 2011: Greece The financial crisis in Greece.
June 2011: Cucumber The e.coli outbreak in western Europe.
May 2011: De Niro Robert De Niro's role at the Cannes Film Festival.
April 2011: Cosmonaut The 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's trip to space.
March 2011: Earthquake The earthquake and nuclear fallout in Japan.
February 2011: Revolution Revolutions in the Arab world.
December 2010: Leak The Wikileaks revelations.
October 2010: Strike The mass strike against French retirement reform.
September 2010: Fast The fasting month: Ramadan and Yom Kippur.
July 2010: Scandal The Woerth-Bettancourt controversy.
June 2010: Football The 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.
May 2010: Oil Spill The BP oil spill in the the Gulf of Mexico.
April 2010: Ash The volcanic ash cloud above Iceland.