Every presidential campaign develops its own lexicon. No longer "boys on the bus," journalists are still influenced by what they read and hear from other journalists. For example, "clown car" became a popular way to characterize the 2016 Republican primary candidates. Now that the process of winnowing a winner is almost done, it's time to stop the train and do a truth check.

In coverage of the rapacious egomaniac Donald Trump, "misogyny" has come out of hiding – at least in American news. Yes, it's on the media catwalk as the coolest character count against Donald Trump. You'll also hear from Trump and the pack about Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, playing "the woman card."

It's all so knowing, this media parlor talk about Trump and misogyny. Sorry, but that heavy word is now bandied about too lightly and glibly. It's one of the heaviest words I know in the English language.

It's a terrible thing to say, and it applies to serial murderers who rape and batter their victims. It applies to men who really hate women. Of all the presidents, Richard Nixon was a misanthropist, which means a hater of mankind in general. Yes, he was a very good hater, not only of women.

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Do you know what it means? You, Dana Milbank of The Washington Post? Milbank and Franklin Foer of Slate are pundits who brandish this word against Trump.

As if they know how it feels. They, by definition, have no idea how it feels.

Misogyny is a very old word, and the original Greek meaning is the "hatred of women by men." I note the quick Google definitions are lopping off the last two words, "by men," which dilutes the force. There is no such equivalent for a hatred of men by women.

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times is certainly cognizant of women's issues, more so than any other male pundit in print. Can't say the same for Milbank and Foer. Not that I don't think they're swell, but it takes more than a Trump passing by to have insight and authority on women's lot in life. They're good, but enough armchair feminism from the smart media chorus.

In fact, I don't think Trump's a misogynist. Based on a life of standing up and speaking out, my read on the New York mogul is that he's a shopworn sexist, capable of some ugly moments. "Racist" and "sexist" both imply a sense of superiority to a given group, but hatred is not always involved. He's a crude, rude character to men and women alike.

We recently learned that Woodrow Wilson and Atticus Finch (the lawyer-father character in "To Kill a Mockingbird") were racists, not that they were haters. Not so long ago, white Southern men part of their society's power structure were usually racists. That's a given.

Back to the Donald. Since he seems close to his daughter Ivanka and understands Planned Parenthood women's health mission, those are two points in his favor. Further, he says that settled law on legal abortion should remain in place. That beats all his Republican opponents, right there.

It can be complicated, but a real-life example of misogyny from the campaign trail clears up the semantics fog. One Troy Newman, a campaign adviser to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, said that anybody who gives assistance to anybody in getting an abortion should be put to death. Even if you drove a friend to a clinic.