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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.

These ‘news words’ are accepted by audiences for their implied meaning. But often loaded words are misused or used out of context. The actual definitions can be different than what is implied.

Newswordy is a growing collection of these words, updated every weekday. Along with each word is a definition, a quote with its use (or misuse) in the media, and a news and Twitter feed on the subject.

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Inveighs.

Speak or write about (something) with great hostility.

‘Can I tell you the bad guy’s name?’ Jason Russell, co-founder of the San Diego-based non-profit Invisible Children, asks his young son in the video. Russell then shows him Kony's photograph, and explains to viewers that the LRA abducts children like him for use as sex slaves and child soldiers. Then he inveighs against the possible withdrawal of U.S. troops sent by President Obama last year to help African troops catch Kony.

Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times