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churnalize

UK/ˈtʃɜːn(ə)laɪz//ˈtʃɝnl̩ˌaɪz/

churnalize verb: to copy and paste (a news story) from one source into another, especially into a blog.

Verb

churnalize (third-person singular simple present churnalizes, present participle churnalizing, simple past and past participle churnalized)

  1. (informal, transitive) To copy and paste (a news story) from one source into another, especially into a blog.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:churnalize.

Forms of churnalize

third-person singular presentchurnalizes
present participlechurnalizing
past participlechurnalized
pastchurnalized
alternative formchurnalise

Origin of churnalize

Blend of churn + journalize; back-formation from churnalism.

Questions about churnalize

What does churnalize mean?
Churnalize means to copy and paste (a news story) from one source into another, especially into a blog.
What part of speech is churnalize?
Churnalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce churnalize?
Churnalize is pronounced /ˈtʃɜːn(ə)laɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of churnalize?
The past tense of churnalize is churnalized.

Words near churnalize in the dictionary

  1. churnalises
  2. churnalising
  3. churnalism
  4. churnalist
  5. churnalists
  6. churnalize
  7. churnalized
  8. churnalizes
  9. churnalizing
  10. churned
  11. churned out

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