When Robert Mueller brought charges against three people tied to the Trump campaign in late October,it set off a media firestorm. That coverage brought a new slew of words and phrases into the conversation. To help us understand the latest crop of news buzzwords, we're joined by Wall Street Journal language columnist Ben Zimmer. We smash down what it means that special counsel Robert Mueller may hold "flipped" former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, or what the Russian spy tactic of "kompromat" means,and whether or not news anchors should be using "plead" or "pleaded" when discussing Papadopoulos' plea.
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