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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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Parochial.

1. Of or relating to a church parish; 2. Confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish; 3. limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region).

Yet as de Blasio headed down the Thruway toward home, all the eccentric parochial skirmishing in Albany was merely a prelude to his dream of a far more ambitious convention, two years from now, back in Brooklyn.

Chris Smith, New York Magazine