journalese

English

Etymology

journal +‎ -ese

Noun

journalese (countable and uncountable, plural journaleses)

1. A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
   • 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.

Translations

a style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新聞文體／新闻文体 (xīnwén wéntǐ), 新闻文体 (xīnwén wéntǐ)

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• German: Zeitungsstil m, Jargon der Journalisten m
• Hungarian: sajtónyelv

See also

• headlinese
• newspaperese