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Toxic '18

The Oxford Dictionary pick
As chosen word of the year for
Two thousand eighteen is "toxic,"
Both spoken and written galore.
Toxic as an adjective is
Defined as poisonous and showed
Up in a lot of nasty biz
With fatal endings to forbode.
Toxic weapons assassinate,
A Russian umbrella in fact.
Toxic waste dumps sealing the fate
Of those unlucky to contract.

And of course thrown into the mix -
All of the toxic politics.