Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, told us the surprising words that are consistently the most looked up. Following is a transcript of the video.

The words that you expect to be looked up these really long hard words are actually rarely looked up because they’re not used very often.

My name is Kory Stamper and I am a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster. That means I am a writer and editor of dictionaries.

Some of the most consistently looked up words are oddly enough words read more >>>