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televisionese

televisionese noun: the jargon associated with the television industry.

Noun

televisionese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The jargon associated with the television industry.
    • This is illustrated in the new televisionese term “info-tainment,” which refers to superimposing an entertainment framework on traditional information or news media.2019, David Altheide, Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era

Origin of televisionese

From television + -ese.

Questions about televisionese

What does televisionese mean?
Televisionese means the jargon associated with the television industry.
What part of speech is televisionese?
Televisionese is a noun.

Words near televisionese in the dictionary

  1. televisional
  2. televisionally
  3. televisionaries
  4. televisionary
  5. televisioned
  6. televisionese
  7. televisioning
  8. televisionish
  9. televisionless
  10. televisionlessness
  11. televisionlike

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