> "Yet journalists seem to love it" Journalists have a predilection for using the same keywords and phrases in their headlines over and over again. Such as: sl

> "Yet journalists seem to love it" Journalists have a predilection for using the same keywords and phrases in their headlines over and over again. Such as: slams, taps, full-throated, silence is deafening, soars, plunges, meltdown, and of course, glitch. I have no idea why they love these phrases so. Is it an established convention? A kind of shibboleth among professionals? Monkey-see, monkey-do?