‘Salacious’ and other words that don’t quite mean what people think

If there’s anything the world learned regarding the testimony of adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, it’s that her story was salacious. Daniels was “the bringer of salacious detail” (New York Times), she provided “salacious testimony” (The Post) and listeners whispered “about a particularly salacious detail” (NBC News).