Dictionary.com has named 'xenophobia' the 2016 word of the year

Just when you thought 2016 couldn’t get any worse, Dictionary.com has named its word of the year as “xenophobia”.

It really is the depressing icing on top of the cake.

The site said the word was chosen because “some of the most prominent news stories this year have centred on fear of the ‘other’ – the Brexit vote, police shootings, Syria’s refugee crisis, transsexual rights, and the US presidential race”.