Bezos used the words in a Medium.com blog post directed to American Media Inc. (AMI) CEO David Pecker, leaving many to take to the web to look up their meanings.
And some question whether complexifier is even a word.
Bezos, who owns The Washington Post and is also the world's richest person, used the word "complexifier" twice in the lengthy post related to his ownership of the newspaper.
Vocabulary.com defines complexifier as a noun meaning "someone makes things complex."
Merriam-Webster Dictionary does not have a definition or an entry for complexifier, although it does define "complexify" as "to make complex." The online dictionary did issue a Trend Watch report on apoplectic Thursday night. Searches for apoplectic were up 1,300 percent, Merriam-Webster reported.
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Searches for 'apoplectic' are spiking from a Jeff Bezos post about David Pecker. https://t.co/m04uXmGMBZ
In the blog, Bezos wrote: "Several days ago, an AMI leader advised us that Mr. Pecker is "apoplectic" about our investigation. For reasons still to be better understood, the Saudi angle seems to hit a particularly sensitive nerve."
According to the Trend Watch, apoplectic means "of, relating to, or causing apoplexy or stroke" and "extremely enraged." The report said searches for apoplectic occasionally spike.
Bezos used the word "apoplexy" – defined by Merriam-Webster as "a state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger" – in the next paragraph.
Dictionary.com also reported apoplectic was trending.
on https://t.co/OeJELgy3YL tonight: Apoplectic
It means "extremely angry; furious."https://t.co/C6G7s2AN17https://t.co/1h74k9CC0p
Here's what people are saying on social media about the two trending words:
Dibs on The Complexifier, a Jason Statham action thriller about a billionaire who goes rogue to destroy an evil tabloid who violated the rules of Journalism
— kang
(@jaycaspiankang) February 7, 2019"DO YOU KNOW WHAT APOPLECTIC MEANS??" pic.twitter.com/YkA2qyJKIa
— It's Not Ken (@KennyEarlz) February 8, 2019the unvanny valley-ness of "complexifier" really makes me think "I love you, alive girl" was not an autocorrect/typo
— Sam Biddle (@samfbiddle) February 7, 2019so far I've gotten far enough into the Bezos post to see him invent the word "complexifier"
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) February 7, 2019Apoplectic is the word we need during these times.
— Mike Cernovich
(@Cernovich) February 8, 2019Pecker is "apoplectic", which medically means there is internal bleeding happening in that organ. 
Ok - how many of you had to Google 'Complexifier' to see if it was an actual word?
— ScrabbleAl (@scrabbleal) February 8, 2019I LOVE THIS. Also the word "complexifier" is my new favorite.
No thank you, Mr. Pecker by Jeff Bezos https://t.co/93wH8M74gn
say hello to my little complexifier
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) February 8, 2019Alexa, is complexifier a real word? Sounds French to me... pic.twitter.com/mWNXe51mJz
— Carmel Melouney (@carmelmelouney) February 8, 2019Follow USA TODAY reporter Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @KellyTyko
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