journalese
English
Etymology
journal + -ese
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɜː.nəˈliːz/
- (General American) 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.
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Translations
style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines
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See also
- headlinese
- newspaperese
- officialese
- tabloidese