+It’s when the news makes a big deal out of stuff that’s not really a big deal but they make it seem like a big deal. What’s the word for that?
Nontroversy.
(For more nontroversy visit John Ridley’s Top Nontroversies of 2011 article on NPR).
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Communicating succinctly, whether in speech or in writing, is paramount. If our listeners/viewers must wade through superfluous wordiness (wordiness intended) to decode the intent of our words, we’ve lost our audience. To accomplish to-the-point-speech (could’ve used the word ‘succinct’ again, but that would be pedantic) we have to make up a few words which don’t exist.
The list that follows is by no means exhaustive. Share your own word shortcuts in the comments for us all to benefit…