journalese
Americannoun
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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.
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writing or expression in this manner.
Get that journalese out of your copy!
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of journalese
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In The Harvest Gypsies articles, Steinbeck wrote in direct, matter-of-fact journalese.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2019
“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
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
"A clean break from England is hopefully something he is very interested in," Uncle Iker rambled on, gently tapping out the bowl of his pipe, before swallowing and then regurgitating a dictionary of tabloid journalese.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2010
The column he was reading described the wedding of his uncle with Miss Jenny Launton, and journalese surpassed itself.
From None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson
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