journalese colloq.
(dʒɜːnəˈliːz)
[f. journal n. + -ese.]
The style of language supposed to be characteristic of public journals; ‘newspaper’ or ‘penny-a-liner's’ English.
| 1882 Pall Mall G. 6 Apr. 2/1 Translated from ‘Journalese’ into plain English. 1893 Athenæum 30 Dec. 901 It is sad..to find [him] guilty of such journalese as ‘transpired’. 1893 R. Kipling Many Invent. 166, I..refrained from putting any journalese into it. |