journalese
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: jûrʹnəl, IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɝ.nəˈliz/
Noun
journalese (countable and uncountable, plural journaleses)
- A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
- c. 2000, Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press:
- We write journalese out of habit, sometimes from misguided training, and to sound urgent, authoritative and, well, journalistic. But it doesn't do any of that.
- 2004, Rick Thompson, Writing for Broadcast Journalists, Routledge, →ISBN, page 21:
- The veteran newspaper columnist, Keith Waterhouse, identifies two versions of this journalese. The first is officialese. It can be found everywhere […] The second version, which he calls tabloidese, is characterised by bolted-together monosyllables and sensationalism. Both types of journalese have this in common: people don't speak like that.
See also
Translations
style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines
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