| | | | | | . | 1 | sui generis | 7,645 | 12 | 637 | . | 2 | solipsistic | 6,134 | 3 | 2,045 | . | 3 | louche | 4,636 | 27 | 172 | . | 4 | laconic | 4,395 | 17 | 259 | . | 5 | saturnine | 4,211 | 2 | 2,106 | . | 6 | antediluvian | 4,096 | 8 | 512 | . | 7 | epistemological | 3,529 | 3 | 1,176 | . | 8 | shibboleths | 3,278 | 3 | 1,093 | . | 9 | penury | 3,256 | 12 | 271 | . | 10 | sumptuary | 3,167 | 4 | 792 | . | 11 | schadenfreude | 3,085 | 19 | 162 | . | 12 | peripatetic | 2,944 | 33 | 89 | . | 13 | abstruse | 2,807 | 10 | 281 | . | 14 | parlous | 2,590 | 11 | 235 | . | 15 | enervating | 2,582 | 8 | 323 | . | 16 | adenoidal | 2,576 | 3 | 859 | . | 17 | feckless | 2,508 | 34 | 74 | . | 18 | solipsism | 2,496 | 4 | 624 | . | 19 | ersatz | 2,326 | 37 | 63 | . | 20 | fealty | 2,301 | 17 | 135 |
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| | | | | | . | 21 | sanguine | 2,240 | 50 | 45 | . | 22 | sartorial | 2,216 | 23 | 96 | . | 23 | hagiography | 2,210 | 4 | 553 | . | 24 | pandemic | 2,180 | 105 | 21 | . | 25 | hagiographic | 2,161 | 5 | 432 | . | 26 | dauphin | 2,110 | 7 | 301 | . | 27 | antebellum | 1,998 | 16 | 125 | . | 28 | paroxysm | 1,981 | 4 | 495 | . | 29 | risible | 1,977 | 6 | 330 | . | 30 | interlocutor | 1,974 | 11 | 179 | . | 31 | swine | 1,964 | 250 | 8 | . | 32 | apotheosis | 1,958 | 18 | 109 | . | 33 | comity | 1,927 | 6 | 321 | . | 34 | Atreus | 1,891 | 7 | 270 | . | 35 | banal | 1,865 | 68 | 27 | . | 36 | profligacy | 1,826 | 14 | 130 | . | 37 | Sisyphean | 1,805 | 12 | 150 | . | 38 | inchoate | 1,794 | 20 | 90 | . | 39 | apoplectic | 1,747 | 10 | 175 | . | 40 | neologisms | 1,732 | 5 | 346 |
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| | | | | | . | 41 | bildungsroman | 1,731 | 5 | 346 | . | 42 | peroration | 1,627 | 4 | 407 | . | 43 | fungible | 1,602 | 9 | 178 | . | 44 | recondite | 1,596 | 5 | 319 | . | 45 | bonobo | 1,573 | 1 | 1,573 | . | 46 | phlogiston | 1,572 | 1 | 1,572 | . | 47 | contretemps | 1,542 | 9 | 171 | . | 48 | appurtenances | 1,537 | 2 | 769 | . | 49 | glut | 1,533 | 81 | 19 | . | 50 | fecklessness | 1,525 | 8 | 191 | . | | | | | | . | Nieman Journalism Lab | | | | | . | Source: New York Times internal memo | | | | | . | Data spans Jan. 1 - May 26, 2009 | | | | |
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