Journalese

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  • noun. The style of writing often held to be characteristic of newspapers and magazines, distinguished by clichés, sensationalism, and triteness of thought.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A style of writing fit only for rapid newspaper work; a style abounding in pretentious words and sudden colloquialisms and making crude bids for popularity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. the linguistic style in which newspapers are written.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the style in which newspapers are written
  • Word Usage
    "This reminds me of the to-do a few years back (late 20th-early 21st century) when someone Chinese decided that the suffix '-ese' had a derogatory meaning in English (as in 'journalese')."
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