{"id":4715,"date":"2016-12-31T17:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T23:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2017-01-02T23:25:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T05:25:08","slug":"merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2016-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2016-is\/","title":{"rendered":"merriam-webster&#8217;s word of the year for 2016 is&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>at the end of november, <strong>@merriam-webster<\/strong> (the dictionary) tweeted<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;Fascism&#39; is still our #1 lookup.<\/p>\n<p># of lookups = how we choose our Word of the Year. <\/p>\n<p>There&#39;s still time to look something else up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerriamWebster\/status\/803674255732813825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>the tweet inspired\u00a0 by <strong>ben guarino<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>the washington post<\/strong> with this headline<\/p>\n<h3>Merriam-Webster\u2019s <em>plea<\/em>: There\u2019s still time to prevent \u2018fascism\u2019 from becoming word of the year<\/h3>\n<p>a <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/roger-waters-concerts-in-mexico-city\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>plea<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is <em>an urgent request<\/em> or <em>begging<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5061\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sponge-bob-pleading-300x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sponge-bob-pleading-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sponge-bob-pleading.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>sponge bob making a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plea<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>.<\/h6>\n<p>guarino&#8217;s article informs that<\/p>\n<h4>words such as <em>misogyny<\/em> and <em>fascism<\/em>\u00a0have had huge <em>bursts<\/em> of interest, particularly after the election. users <em>looked up<\/em> fascism at a rate 400 percent higher in 2016 than in 2015.<\/h4>\n<p>merriam-webster&#8217;s on-line dictionary defines\u00a0<em><strong>misogyny<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0as <em>hatred of women<\/em>; and <em><strong>fascism<\/strong><\/em> is\u00a0<em>a political philosophy that puts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic\u00a0government headed by a\u00a0dictatorial\u00a0leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>burst<\/strong><\/em> indicates <em>sudden and intense moments<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>look up<\/strong> <\/em>means <em>use the dictionary to find a definition<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5059\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-fascism-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"fascism definition in an old school dictionary\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-fascism-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-fascism.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>looking<\/em> up<em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fascism<\/span> in an old-fashioned dictionary.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>there were <em>bursts<\/em> of <em>look-ups<\/em> for <em>misogyny<\/em> and <em>fascism<\/em> in 2016 because of comments by and accusations against <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/naked-donald-trump-statues\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>donald trump<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0during the u.s. presidential election.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun elt practice\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=940\" alt=\":)\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>although <em>fascism<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><em>spiked<\/em> in november searches, [it]\u00a0was an object of interest all year long. the unusually high interest in its definition over the course of 2016 has <em>propelled<\/em> it to the fourth-most-searched\u00a0word in the history of the dictionary\u2019s website.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>spike<\/strong><\/em> means <em>hit a high point<\/em>. <em><strong>propel<\/strong><\/em> means <em>push, power<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5053\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/two-fascists-share-a-laugh-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/two-fascists-share-a-laugh-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/two-fascists-share-a-laugh.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>two <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fascists<\/span>\u00a0share a laugh<\/em><\/h6>\n<div id=\"pb-root\" class=\"\">\n<section id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout\">\n<div id=\"fwdJB22WGnvd3q\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body\">\n<article>did merriam-webster&#8217;s tweet motivate their followers to <em>look up<\/em> other words? or did the dictionary just decide against <em>fascism<\/em> because of its <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/hotline-bling-english-practice-from-a-drake-song\/\" target=\"_blank\">nasty<\/a> overtones?\u00a0\u00a0whatever the reason, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>surreal<\/em><\/span> is merriam-webster&#8217;s word of the year, a considerably less unpleasant <em><strong>pick<\/strong><\/em> (selection) than fascism.<\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<article><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<article><\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<div id=\"pb-root\" class=\"\">\n<section id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout\">\n<div id=\"fwdJB22WGnvd3q\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\">\n<article><\/article>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body\">\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5058\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-philosophers-lamp-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"the philosopher's lamp by rene magritte\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-philosophers-lamp-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-philosophers-lamp-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-philosophers-lamp-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-philosophers-lamp.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>the philosopher&#8217;s lamp by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surrealist<\/span>\u00a0artist ren\u00e9 magritte. a nose that looks like a <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/sexy-vocab-in-wet-hot-american-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">dick<\/a> is highly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surreal<\/span>.<\/em><\/h6>\n<article><\/article>\n<article>the headline of <strong>heidi stevens<\/strong>&#8216; article at the <strong>chicago tribune <em>taps<\/em><\/strong> (uses) two iconic 2016 events as representative of surreal:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/chicago-cubs-win-the-world-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">the hometown cubs finally winning the world series<\/a>\u00a0and of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/election-2016-we-will-keep-talking-about-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">trump<\/a>.<\/article>\n<article><\/article>\n<h2>Between Cubs and Trump, Merriam-Webster&#8217;s &#8216;<em>surreal<\/em>&#8216; word of the year is <em>spot on<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pb-root\" class=\"\">\n<section id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout\">\n<div id=\"fwdJB22WGnvd3q\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body\">\n<p><em><strong>spot on<\/strong><\/em> means <em>completely accurate, correct<\/em>. <em><strong>surreal<\/strong><\/em> means <em>dreamlike, unbelievable<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fwdJB22WGnvd3q\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3373\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Untitled-image-5-300x206.png\" alt=\"surreal moment in an acceptance speech\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Untitled-image-5-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Untitled-image-5.png 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>a february vlog on <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the richyrocks youtube channel <\/a>used the word <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surreal<\/span> to describe winning an award<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>not to <em>brag<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/i-dont-mean-to-brag\/\" target=\"_blank\">which means i&#8217;m going to brag<\/a>) \u00a0but <strong>richyrocks.com<\/strong> was <em>spot on<\/em> with <em>surreal\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/english-practice-from-an-acceptance-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">all the way back in february 2016<\/a>. did we have any influence on merriam-webster&#8217;s decision? probably not. stevens explains<\/p>\n<h4><em>surreal<\/em> experienced three major <em>spikes<\/em> in 2016: in march, when the word <em>was used<\/em> during coverage of the terror attacks in brussels; in july, when it <em>was used<\/em> to describe a coup attempt in turkey and the terrorist attack in nice; and in november, when donald trump <em>was elected<\/em> president of the united states.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>was used<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>was elected<\/strong><\/em> are typical applications of the <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/tag\/passive-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\">passive voice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5054\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two ladies looking at their phone won't look up\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/look-up-1024x575.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>because we can l<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ook up<\/span>\u00a0so many things on our phones, sometimes we\u00a0don&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">look up<\/span> from our phones. (gary turk, youtube)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>what\u00a0other criteria does merriam-webster have for selecting their word of the year?<\/p>\n<h4>to select a word of the year, editors <em>zero in on<\/em> words that are suddenly hot, <em>rather than<\/em> words that receive the most overall <em>look-ups<\/em>. that means they <em>rule out<\/em> so-called &#8220;evergreen&#8221; words such as democracy, <em>fascism<\/em> and pragmatic, which are <em>looked up<\/em> frequently year-round, <em>regardless<\/em> of specific news events.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>zero in on<\/strong><\/em> means<em> focus on.\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>rather than<\/strong><\/em> means <em>instead of,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0it shows a <em>preference.\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>rule out\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>means <em>decide against<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/should-the-iowa-caucus-be-first\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>regardless<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means<em> it didn&#8217;t make any difference<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5057\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blue-velvet-surrealism-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blue-velvet-surrealism-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/blue-velvet-surrealism.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><em>david lynch&#8217;s <strong>blue velvet<\/strong> is an example of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surrealistic<\/span> cinema.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>it was surprising to see heidi stevens list fascism as an <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">evergreen<\/span><\/em> word after all the attention it received in november, but it&#8217;s fine that merriam-webster\u00a0opted for <em>surreal<\/em> instead. as ben guarino observed\u00a0in his article for the washington post, fascism would have <strong><em>rounded out<\/em> <\/strong>(completed)<\/p>\n<h4>a cluster of <em>bleak<\/em> words for\u00a0the year 2016. <em>across the pond<\/em>, the oxford dictionaries announced that \u201c<em>post-truth<\/em>\u201d was this year\u2019s word. the phrase does not mean beyond\u00a0fact, but <em>rather<\/em> the\u00a0sense that objective truth may be less relevant than appeals to emotion or belief. <em>paranoid<\/em>\u00a0occupied the brains at cambridge dictionary. and dictionary.com chose <em>xenophobia<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 the fear of strangers, foreigners or the alien \u2014\u00a0as its word of the year.<\/h4>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22163\"><em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22164\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22165\">bleak<\/strong><\/em> means <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22166\">without hope<\/em>. <strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22167\"><em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22168\">across the pond<\/em><\/strong> means <em>on the other side of the atlantic ocean<\/em>.<em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22169\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22170\"> post-truth<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0references not only donald trump&#8217;s campaigning style, but also false promises that helped the <strong><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22171\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wtf-is-a-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\">brexit<\/a><\/strong> to pass in june of this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22173\">cambridge dictionary<\/strong>&#8216;s <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22174\">bleak<\/em> word choice, <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22175\"><strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22176\">paranoid<\/strong><\/em>, at least has a cool psychedelic video associated with it<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLACK SABBATH - &quot;Paranoid&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hkXHsK4AQPs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22172\" dir=\"ltr\" data-setdir=\"false\">was \u00a02016 a <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22230\">surreal<\/em> year for u? are<em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22231\">\u00a0fascism, post-truth, xenophobia, paranoid<\/em>\u00a0or <em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483230281688_22232\">misogyny<\/em> better choices for word of the year?\u00a0is there another word that catches the essence of 2016 more accurately? share your opinion under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.166\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>at the end of november, @merriam-webster (the dictionary) tweeted &#39;Fascism&#39; is still our #1 lookup. # of lookups = how we choose our Word of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[1850,30,4],"tags":[2017,2019,2015,1276,2007,873,2010,2005,2006,2008,455,784,1785,2016,2012,553,1208,2014,2011,2004,1296,1985,2018,2013],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hopper-crazy-eyes.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4715"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5097,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions\/5097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}