The dictionary folk at Merriam-Webster sum up 2016: surreal

NEW YORK (AP) — Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare?
Try something in between: “surreal,” which is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, unveiled Monday.
Meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream,” or “unbelievable, fantastic,” the word joins Oxford’s “post-truth” and Dictionary.com’s “xenophobia” as the year’s top choices.
“It just seems like one of those years,” said Peter Sokolow