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CNNer

CNNer noun: an employee of the multinational cable news channel CNN.

Noun

CNNer (plural CNNers)

  1. An employee of the multinational cable news channel CNN.
    • “Why did he do it?” was a common question. Several former CNNers offered an explanation. Reese Schonfeld recalled, “Ted [Turner] has always had an enormous drive for power . . . sex and money was a distant third.”1988, R. Serge Denisoff, Inside MTV, Transaction Publishers, published 2009, →ISBN, page 188
    • Ted Turner, it’s said, fines CNNers who use the word “foreign” (we’re all in this together, as he sees it); […]1994, Tom Peters, The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person’s Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 71

Examples of CNNer in a sentence

  • CNN founder Ted Turner, at an Ash Wednesday retirement party for the legendary anchor Bernard Shaw, noticed the ashes on many of his CNNers’ foreheads and said, “What are you, a bunch of Jesus freaks?2006, James Carville, Paul Begala, Take It Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 64:
  • His extramarital involvement with Katie [Couric] was a topic of gossip at Harrison’s, the local watering hole favored by CNNers.2007, Edward Klein, Katie: The Real Story, Crown Publishers, →ISBN:
  • Former CNNers who were instrumental in helping me grow, as well as offering me career guidance, include Sue Bunda, Peter Dykstra, Sandy Malcolm, and Henry Mauldin.2012, Bonnie Schneider, Extreme Weather: A Guide to Surviving Flash Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Heat Waves, Snowstorms, Tsunamis and...
  • While some CNNers say the pair supported Katie [Couric] and that she benefited from their support, others say they led her on.2014, Sheila Weller, The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph...

Forms of CNNer

pluralCNNers

Origin of CNNer

From CNN + -er.

Questions about CNNer

What does CNNer mean?
CNNer means an employee of the multinational cable news channel CNN.
How do you use CNNer in a sentence?
CNN founder Ted Turner, at an Ash Wednesday retirement party for the legendary anchor Bernard Shaw, noticed the ashes on many of his CNNers’ foreheads and said, “What are you, a bunch of Jesus freaks?
What part of speech is CNNer?
CNNer is a noun.
What is the plural of CNNer?
The plural of CNNer is CNNers.

Words near CNNer in the dictionary

  1. CNMs
  2. CNN
  3. CNN effect
  4. CNN opera
  5. CNN operas
  6. CNNer
  7. CNNers
  8. CNNesque
  9. CNNs
  10. CNO
  11. CNO cycle

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