Rick Sanchez, the CNN anchor who was fired last week, has issued a statement apologizing for his "inartful comments". Before you go rushing for a dictionary, inartful is probably not there. If you're interested, read this post by Oxford University Press lexicographer Erin McKea on why not.
Or try Doubletongued for a list of all sorts of American constructions that have not made it to mainstream dictionaries.
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