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The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 8/17/2018

Words from the week of 8/10/2018

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Brennan: Trump's Claims are 'Hogwash'

'nonsense, balderdash'

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CNN's Tapper: Miller 'Obsequious,' 'Factotum'

exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Trump: That's Just a 'Misnomer'

"use of a wrong or inappropriate name"

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Bannon: Meeting at Trump Tower 'Treasonous'

"the crime of trying to overthrow your country’s government"

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'Net Neutrality' Rule Overturned

"providers should treat all Internet data as the same"

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Franks Resigns Amid 'Surrogacy' Scandal

acting as a surrogate mother

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"Happily Gentrifying" Denver Cafe Faces Rebuke

the influx of affluent people that often displaces poorer residents

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'Veteran' Searches Up Ahead of Holiday

"a former member of the armed forces"

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GOP Rep: Election a 'Referendum'

"submitting to a popular vote"

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President to President: H.W. Bush Calls Trump a 'Blowhard'

"braggart" or "windbag"

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Vox: America is Facing 'Epistemic' Crisis

"of or relating to knowledge"

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Vanity Fair: Trump ‘Apoplectic’ Now

"extremely enraged"

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CNN: Trump Our First 'Pundit' President

“a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner"

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Manafort Indicted on 'Conspiracy' Charges

An agreement to commit an illegal act

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'Indictment' and 'Collusion' Spike from Manafort Charges

Two Latin-based legal terms

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Reports: Clinton Campaign, DNC Funded 'Dossier'

“a file containing detailed records”

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Corker: Trump 'Debased' the Nation

To lower in status, esteem

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NY Times: Trump's Call Ignites 'Imbroglio'

"a public scandal"

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McCain: Half-Baked, 'Spurious' Nationalism

of a deceitful nature or quality

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New Joe Ide Novel Causes 'Righteous' Spike

We provide an assortment of definitions

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Hostage's Time in Captivity was 'Kafkaesque'

'A nightmarish quality'

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Trump: ESPN's Ratings Due to Jemele Hill at the 'Mike'

"microphone"

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'Moron' Spikes After Tillerson Reports

“a very stupid person”

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'Terrorism' Lookups Follow Las Vegas Shooting

“The use of violent acts to frighten"

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Kim Jong Un: Trump a 'Dotard'

a state or period of senile decay

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Ivanka: "An 'Otherwise' Incredible Day"

"in other respects"

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