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CNN

/ˈsiːɛnɛn/

CNN is the initialism of Cable News Network.

CNN is the initialism of Clinton News Network.

CNN is the initialism of Communist News Network.

CNN is the initialism of Criminal News Network.

CNN is the initialism of Cunt News Network.

CNN is the initialism of convolutional neural network.

Meaning of Clinton News Network

Proper noun

the Clinton News Network

  1. (derogatory) CNN.
    • The new head of CNN's news division is a well-known Clinton supporter according to Vanity Fair, hence the term "Clinton News Network."1998 March 19, Reina 616, “Clinton News Network vs. Fox”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet), retrieved 02 Jul 2022

Meaning of Communist News Network

Proper noun

the Communist News Network

  1. (derogatory) CNN.
    • CNN AKA The Communist News Network ran results of a survey showing the percentage of Juveniles that owned firearms. So who else other than Communists hell bent on taking away firearms from law abiding citizens would care.1998 October 15, WM, “Communist News Network”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet), retrieved 03 Jul 2022

Forms of CNN

pluralCNNs

Words formed from CNN

Phrases with CNN

Questions about CNN

What is CNN the initialism of?
CNN is the initialism of Cable News Network.
How do you pronounce CNN?
CNN is pronounced /ˈsiːɛnɛn/.

Words near CNN in the dictionary

  1. CNL
  2. CNLs
  3. CNM
  4. CNMI
  5. CNMs
  6. CNN
  7. CNN effect
  8. CNN opera
  9. CNN operas
  10. CNNer
  11. CNNers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CNN (page history and authors); Clinton News Network (page history and authors); Communist News Network (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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