stylebook

[stahyl-book]

noun

1. a book containing rules of usage in typography, punctuation, etc., employed by printers, editors, and writers.

2. a book featuring styles, fashions, or the rules of style.

stylebook

/ ˈstaɪlˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book containing rules and examples of punctuation, typography, etc, for the use of writers, editors, and printers

Word History and Origins

Origin of stylebook¹

First recorded in 1700–10; style + book

Example Sentences

In essence, the Iowa and West Virginia sports cases ask the court to rule whether a transgender girl – a person assigned male at birth who has transitioned to align with their identity as a girl or woman, as the AP Stylebook phrases it – is a girl or a boy.

From Salon

Anyone who adheres to the AP Stylebook, a hegemonic force in journalism, can’t refer to “illegal immigrants,” must capitalize “black” and has to observe right-think on transgender pronouns.

From Los Angeles Times

Not only do newspapers, magazines, and websites across the country source stories from the news agency’s wire service—which these publications pay for in order to reprint important news—but the AP publishes the most influential style guide in the industry, the Associated Press Stylebook.

From Slate

In its complaint, the AP disclosed that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, a named defendant, said that the White House admitted to targeting the AP because the stylebook is “used by many as a standard for writing and editing” and by “journalists, scholars and classrooms around our country.”

From Slate

Put it in the Associated Press Stylebook, stat.

From Slate