Journalese is the artificial or hyperbolic, and sometimes over-abbreviated, language regarded as characteristic of the news style used in popular media.
[3] Journalese often takes the form of specific turns of phrase, such as "hammered out agreement" or "called for tighter restrictions".
This is most obvious with the use of rare or archaic words such as ink (as a verb), nab, slated, ailing, quizzed (in place of "asked" or "questioned"), funnyman, or synonyms of attack to mean criticise.
Some people regard journalese with amusement, due to its frequent colourful use of language,[8] and some terms can make news reports easier to understand, such as replacing complex jargon with simple and concise phrases.
Political correspondent Robert Hutton said, "Journalese is like a poker player's tell: it shows that the reporter knows the story is flimsy, and he or she is trying to make it appear more solid.