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How journalese often is described (“________ journalese”)
cheap, american, modern, mere, pure, good, stereotyped, best, bad, vile, joyful, provincial, down, russian, british, contemporary, current, vulgar, glib, political, intolerable, racy, ridiculous, popular, local, stilted, soviet, usual, colorless, standard, fluent, slick, polite, pretentious, turgid, english, yogi, extended, fashioned, breezy, perfect, bald, sloppy, worst, jaunty, sensational
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