journalese

American  

[jur-nl-eez, -ees] / ˌdʒɜr nlˈiz, -ˈis /

noun

1. a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.

2. writing or expression in this manner.

   Get that journalese out of your copy!

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by this manner (often used predicatively).

   That word's not English, it's journalese.

journalese British  

/ ˌdʒɜːnəˈliːz /

noun

1. derogatory a superficial cliché-ridden style of writing regarded as typical of newspapers

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Etymology

Origin of journalese

First recorded in 1880–85; journal + -ese

Example Sentences

“TK” is journalese for “to come,” and the story kame as promised a few minutes later, with “Historic” in the headline:

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2016

Journalese Sensationalist and over abbreviated language is journalese.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2016

He was grim, and he sat there grimly, but in journalese people in such situations are always “grim-faced.”

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2015

I have taken just a few liberties to condense it into journalese...

From The Guardian • May 17, 2012

The second explained in correct journalese that the Manorwater family had returned to Glenavelin for the summer and autumn, and that Mr. Lewis Haystoun was expected at Etterick shortly.

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John