Barack Obama today used the word ‘catharsis’ in reference to talk about a potential floor battle with Hilary Clinton at the Democratic Convention this month.

“I don’t think we’re looking for catharsis. I think what we are looking for is energy and excitement about the prospects of changing this country, and I think…”

I guess most people don’t know what the word ‘catharsis’ means, hence a large amount of quick searches on Google for the search term. As a result, the word ‘catharsis’ is number 51 on Google Trends for August 7, 2008:

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‘Catharsis’ is one behind ‘jesus ortiz’ and one ahead of ‘jianghua chen’…

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Update: ‘Catharsis’ has now moved up to number 13 on Google Trends…