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LOL! Merriam-Webster says lookups of "apoplectic" up 38,000% after Vanity Fair headline on Trump
https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/vanity-fair-trump-8216apoplectic8217-now-20171101Vanity Fair: Trump ‘Apoplectic’ Now
Lookups increased by more than 38,000%
Apoplectic rushed to the top of our lookups on the evening of November 1st, 2017, as numerous readers encountered it in the headline to a story in the web site of Vanity Fair.
The meaning most commonly associated with apoplectic in modern use is “extremely enraged,” which appears to be the one intended in the Vanity Fair headline. The initial meaning in English, however, was of more of a medical nature (“of, relating to, or causing apoplexy or stroke”). Apoplectic (and apoplexy comes from the Greek word apoplēssein, meaning “to cripple by a stroke.”
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Lookups increased by more than 38,000%
Apoplectic rushed to the top of our lookups on the evening of November 1st, 2017, as numerous readers encountered it in the headline to a story in the web site of Vanity Fair.
“You Can’t Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment
Vanity Fair (vanityfair.com), 1 Nov. 2017
Vanity Fair (vanityfair.com), 1 Nov. 2017
The meaning most commonly associated with apoplectic in modern use is “extremely enraged,” which appears to be the one intended in the Vanity Fair headline. The initial meaning in English, however, was of more of a medical nature (“of, relating to, or causing apoplexy or stroke”). Apoplectic (and apoplexy comes from the Greek word apoplēssein, meaning “to cripple by a stroke.”
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LBN thread about that article:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141902390
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It's a great word. 
