Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc., noting the start of the new school year, said "culture" will be the most looked-up word in September. The word, with a variety of meanings and implications, leads the "2013 Big Words on Campus" list and typically provides the biggest spike in "lookups" every September, a Merriam-Webster statement said Wednesday. Advertisement "A generation ago many courses of study were oriented toward analysis of the individual and society, but today everything from classical Greek to sports nutrition to manga seems to reflect culture," editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski said. Other prominent words ready for a search of their definition are "diversity," "plagiarize," "pedagogy," "rhetoric," aesthetic" and "heuristic," Merriam-Webster said. Read More Changes in word usage show cultural change over centuries British soccer stadium staff banned from saying 'fairy,' 'handicapped' Germany's official dictionary adds 'Facebook,' 'flashmob' Oxford English Dictionary gets an update Word list: Scrap the term 'fiscal cliff'