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journaleses

journaleses is the plural of journalese.

Meaning of journalese

Noun

journalese (countable and uncountable, plural journaleses)

  1. A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language, use of some vocabulary items that are mostly confined to this genre, and clipped syntax.
    • We write journalese out of habit, sometimes from misguided training, and to sound urgent, authoritative and, well, journalistic. But it doesn't do any of that.c. 2000, Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press
    Synonyms:
    newspaperese

Questions about journaleses

What is journaleses the plural of?
Journaleses is the plural of journalese.

Words near journaleses in the dictionary

  1. journal tapes
  2. journaled
  3. journaler
  4. journalers
  5. journalese
  6. journaleses
  7. journaling
  8. journalings
  9. journalisation
  10. journalise
  11. journalised

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