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tabloidese

/ˌtæblɔɪˈdiːz/

tabloidese noun: the writing style of tabloid journalism.

Noun

tabloidese (uncountable)

  1. The writing style of tabloid journalism.
    • Tabloids have their own language. Maybe it's because the pages are smaller than the broadsheet papers, or perhaps it's because they have to make room to fit all those pictures of Jordan in her knickers in each day, but tabloidese is a language and a skill peculiar to the red tops. Forget anything...2010, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Origin of tabloidese

From tabloid + -ese.

Questions about tabloidese

What does tabloidese mean?
Tabloidese means the writing style of tabloid journalism.
What part of speech is tabloidese?
Tabloidese is a noun.
How do you pronounce tabloidese?
Tabloidese is pronounced /ˌtæblɔɪˈdiːz/.

Words near tabloidese in the dictionary

  1. tablinum
  2. tabloid
  3. tabloid talk show
  4. tabloid talk shows
  5. tabloided
  6. tabloidese
  7. tabloiding
  8. tabloidish
  9. tabloidism
  10. tabloidisms
  11. tabloidization

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