scandal sheet

scandal sheet

English

Noun

scandal sheet (plural scandal sheets)

1. (informal) A tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people.
   • 1965, "Cinema: Career Girl's Question" (film review of Sex and the Single Girl), Time, 1 Jan.:

     Tony Curtis, a smutmonger for Stop magazine, described by its editors as "the most disgusting scandal sheet the human mind can recall," wants to write an exposé of her.

Translations

type of tabloid

Finnish: skandaalilehti

References

• scandal sheet at OneLook Dictionary Search