Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Let's explore journalese and newsy language. And go to https://ground.news/words for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to world-wide coverage through our link.

BREAKING: Rob and Jess uncover news clichés and weird journalistic words. In this episode our word nerds discuss:

📺 Why do TV news anchors talk in that strange way?
🗞️ Why do newspaper journalists spell lead as "lede"?
🎤 Why do journalists use clichés like "on the rise"?
🐊 What is a "knobbly monster"?

These questions answered – and many more – in another hot-off-the-press episode of Words Unravelled.

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