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Buzzwords are frequently used in news media. These are words that do not typically occur in everyday speech, but are common among newscasters, talking heads, and pundits on cable news.

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Endemic.

(of a disease or condition) Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

Whether or not the new agency has teeth or ultimately does much to stem endemic corruption remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that activist Anna Hazare (‘Anna’ is an honorific title meaning elder brother) has rattled the political establishment by tapping a wellspring of public frustration over graft in ordinary life.

Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times