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September 17th, 2002
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CADRE
- A group of people having some unifying relationship.
- Usage: Coverage of golf tournament.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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KIBOSH
- Something that serves as a check or stop.
- Usage: Business report on debate over ending excessive compensation for CEOs.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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PARLANCE
- Formal debate or parley; manner or mode of speech; idiom.
- Usage: Report on recent shipment of U.S. military equipment from European ports to the Persian Gulf region.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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