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<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The Web of Language Word of the Year for 2013 is <em>marriage</em>. It’s a word that was redefined this year not by dictionaries, but by an even higher authority, the <a href="http://illinois.edu/blog/view/25/94605?displayType=month&displayMonth=201306" data-mce-href="http://illinois.edu/blog/view/25/94605?displayType=month&displayMonth=201306">United
States Supreme Court</a>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><em>Marriage </em>was a highly-visible and controversial term for much of 2013, with the defenders of marriage arguing either against same-sex marriage, or—and they are defenders
of marriage, too—in favor of marriage equality. The Court came down, five to four, on the side of marriage equality, rewriting the definition of <em>marriage</em> in federal law. In addition to ratifying same-sex marriage in states where it is legal, the federal
redefinition of <em>marriage </em>impacted a broad range of areas from estate planning, Social Security, and the IRS, to parent-teacher conferences, hospital visits, and basic human dignity. Despite the dramatic impact of this redefinition on thousands of
federal statutes and regulations, as well as on everyday life, <em>marriage</em> had a lot of competition for the top WOTY slot. . . .</p>
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<div>Read the full post at <a href="http://bit.ly/weblan">http://bit.ly/weblan</a></div>
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<div>Dennis Baron</div>
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