'Post-truth' named word of the year
"Post-truth" has been voted word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries after its use spiked in the wake of the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's election to US president.
(AFP) The Oxford Dictionaries chose "post-truth" as their word of the year on Wednesday, saying its use had spiked because of the Brexit vote in Britain and the rise of Donald Trump in the United States.
"Post-truth has gone from being a peripheral term to being a mainstay in political commentary," the Oxford Dictionaries said in a statement, noting that usage had increased by 2,000 percent since last year.
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