• Words no human would say: These exist only in journalism, academia, think tanks and research papers. When we worked in newspapers, sharp editors called these “journalese”—a dying language, thankfully. discourse (talk) challenge (problem, shitshow) posit (assume) dearth (lack) paucity (scarcity) obfuscate (hide) ubiquitous (everywhere) veracity (truth) altercation (fight) vehement (forceful) disseminate (spread) raison d’être (purpose)
