Newswordy Catalogues And Examines The Media's Favorite Buzzwords

Most avid news readers can recall words that have been made up by the media to support a thesis (dudeitor, anyone?), but what about those real words that are used, abused and even occasionally misused? It certainly does seem that various words go in and out of fashion with journalists, no matter their platform of choice. These are buzzwords, or “words that do not typically occur in everyday speech, but are common among newscasters, talking heads, and pundits on cable news,” and there’s a new site dedicated to chronicling their use and misuse across the media landscape.