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Grauniad

/ˈɡɹɔːniæd/

Grauniad proper noun: the Guardian, a British daily national newspaper.

Proper noun

Grauniad

  1. (UK, humorous) The Guardian, a British daily national newspaper.
    • Good old Grauniad.1984 [1981], Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay, “The Right to Know”, in The Complete Yes Minister, →ISBN, page 137
    • Stop along the road for papers; scan headlines, make sure that no late-breaking story displaced the Vanguard piece and that it's intact (ninety-five percent – a satisfyingly high score), check out Doonesbury in the Grauniad, then away.2008, Iain Banks, Complicity

Origin of Grauniad

Deliberate misspelling of Guardian, coined by the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, implying that the Guardian newspaper was prone to typographical errors.

Words formed from Grauniad

Questions about Grauniad

What does Grauniad mean?
Grauniad means the Guardian, a British daily national newspaper.
What part of speech is Grauniad?
Grauniad is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Grauniad?
Grauniad is pronounced /ˈɡɹɔːniæd/.

Words near Grauniad in the dictionary

  1. graunch
  2. graunched
  3. graunches
  4. graunching
  5. graund
  6. Grauniad
  7. graunt
  8. graunted
  9. grauntest
  10. graunteth
  11. grauntie

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