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He caused protests in the capitals of Athens in Brussels, hurt sales of beer Heineken and stole the spotlight at a Summit of June the Canada G20. "Austerity" is now top of Merriam-Webster Word 2010.

"Austerity" Springfield, Massachusetts-based Publisher is defined as "forced or extreme economy" doped at the top of the top of its ten list based on the number of searches on its website www.merriam-webster.com. "

When coupled with "pragmatic" No.2, list reflects a year when researchers are still preoccupied with a rocky economy, said Peter Sokolowski, editor of the dictionary as a whole.

The rest of the list included "moratorium", "socialism", "bigot,""doppelganger" "," "shellacking," "exuberant," "dissident" and "stealth." ""

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"This is a list of serious serious year", Sokolowski said in a telephone interview on Monday.

The word "austerity" trimmed most in relation to the efforts of European Governments to chop expenditures. Merriam-Webster has not disclosed the numbers on the individual research.

"Because it has such a clear implication for personal finances, it is easy to apply it to yourself," said Sokolowski. "That he makes a word search of persons."

It also has implications for Heineken, the Dutch company cited as a factor weighing beer sales this year austerity measures.

A search through a year of coverage of issues of EU budget shows that the word "austerity" has been more frequently used by his opponents, that his supporters, even though the President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet held in its defence interview to June Italy newspaper La Repubblica.

"As regards the economy, the idea that the austerity measures could trigger stagnation is incorrect," Trichet said, according to a transcript of the English language published on the ECB's website.

Others had a less-welcome vision of the new Word top-searched.

"This is the beginning of the fight, not the end." Our demand that our voices be heard is important today ' hui - against the austerity and jobs and growth, "John Monks, head of the European Confederation of trade unions, said a September rally in Brussels."

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