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Nationalists, of the 'White' and 'Supremacist' variety

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Words We're Watching: 'Record Scratch'

Used as an interjection

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Nationalists, of the 'White' and 'Supremacist' variety

Trending in 2017

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North Korean General: Trump 'Bereft' of Reason

"Lacking something needed, wanted, or expected"

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WSJ: Mueller 'Impanels' Grand Jury

"To choose people to serve on a jury"

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'Cosmopolitan' Spikes Following Acosta/Miller Dustup

"Worldly"

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Former Ethics Director: U.S. At Risk of Being Seen as 'Kleptocracy'

Breaking it down to understand the big picture.

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Trump: Let Obamacare 'Implode'

How does implode differ from explode?

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'Ballistic' Trends After North Korea Fires

What makes a missile ballistic?

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'Transgender' Americans Face New Restrictions

Trump reverses military policy allowing transgender people to serve

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Trump Tweets, We Define: 'Beleaguered'

'Being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment'

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'Scaramouch,' Scaramucci Possibly to Fandango

A new White House communications director

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An Interview Full of 'Non sequiturs'

“It does not follow”

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Trend Watch: 'Admiral's Mast' & A Mystery At Sea

A massive search ends with an 'admiral's mast'.

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'Calumny': J.K. Rowling quotes Washington

'An untrue statement that is made to damage someone's reputation'

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When Government Is Just the Worst

Frustrated Twitter users have been searching for this word.

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SCOTUS: 'Bona Fide' relationships

Made in good faith

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Kim and Kanye Might Have Hired a Surrogate Mother

From TMZ to the dictionary.

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Senator Franken Calls Pence a 'Zealot'

A fanatical partisan

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Session denies 'Stonewalling'

to be uncooperative, obstructive, or evasive

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Sessions Vows to Defend Against 'Scurrilous and False Allegations'

Containing obscenities, abuse, or slander

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Senator Reed Expects Mueller will 'Depose' Trump

That word might not mean what you think it means.

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NY Times: Comey's Testimony a 'J'accuse Moment'

A bitter denunciation

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Kasowitz: Trump feels 'Vindicated'

To free from blame

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Comey testimony: 'Salacious and unverified' material

A synonym of 'lascivious' or 'lecherous'

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Dairy Queen Gets Fancy With a 'Cloche'

Your definition is served

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'Literature' As Bob Dylan Sees It

The times, they are a changin', but the definitions, they are not

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How Often Is 'Biweekly'?

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Irregardless

It is in fact a real word (but that doesn't mean you should use it).

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