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Newzak

Newzak noun: news reporting that aims to entertain more than to inform.

Noun

Newzak (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) News reporting that aims to entertain more than to inform.
    • These pundits intone Newzak like priests each evening, every now and again breaking off for a 'message', this being the consumer aspect of Newzak[…]1979, Malcolm Muggeridge, Things past, page 209
    • […]they go on, mile after mile, with ever more tarmac opening before them, and their radio alternating between Muzak, a melange of tunes, and Newzak, a melange of news items, both geared to counteracting anything in the nature of thought.1985, Architectural Digest, volume 42, page 33

Forms of Newzak

alternative formNewszak

Origin of Newzak

Blend of news + Muzak, coined by Malcolm Muggeridge.

Questions about Newzak

What does Newzak mean?
Newzak means news reporting that aims to entertain more than to inform.
What part of speech is Newzak?
Newzak is a noun.

Words near Newzak in the dictionary

  1. newworldward
  2. newy
  3. Newyorican
  4. Newyoricans
  5. Newyorkian
  6. Newzak
  7. nex
  8. nex gen
  9. nex'
  10. nex-gen
  11. nexal

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