Austerity: 2010's most searched for term (and a cool graph of words used through the year)

[The Straight Story]

Austerity: 2010's most searched for term
A cool image (in PDF form) is here that maps words and their usage over the year:
http://images.businessweek.com/mz/10/52/1052_mz_132ender.pdf?chan=magazine+channel_10_52+-+special+main_main+sr


London: 'Austerity' was the most-searched for term in 2010, and has been named Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year.

Also making the top ten list was the word 'doppelganger'. Other words include 'moratorium,' 'socialism' and 'bigot', reports the Daily Mail.

John Morse, president of the Massachusetts-based dictionary, said the search for the word's definition has been parallel to news coverage of the worldwide financial crisis that has seen protests and riots in Greece, Spain and Britain.

"What we look for (is) what are the words that have had spikes that strike us very much as an anomaly for their regular behaviour," said Morse.

"The word that really qualifies this year for that is "austerity"," he said.

Editors at the company believe that 'socialism' was searched because of coverage around financial bailouts and Democratic-backed health care legislation in the U.S.

http://www.sify.com/news/Austerity-2010%5cs-most-searched-for-term-news-kmvqEfedafh.html?ref=content_widget_news

Wonder if we can get a graph like the first one showing the most popular words on DU and how often they were used month to month? :)