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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] g...
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Journalese
Joe Grimm, formerly of the Detroit Free Press, likened journalese to a "stage voice": "We write journalese out of habit, sometimes from misguided training Journalese can also take the form of specific word choice.
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journalese
journalese/ˌdʒɜ:nəˈli:z; ˌdʒənl`iz/ n[U](derog贬) style of language thought to be typical of newspapers, containing many cliches 新闻文体(多陈辞套语的). Cf 参看 officialese (official).
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Officialese
Several similar concepts to officialese exist, including genteelism, commercialese, academese, and journalese.
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tabloidese
tabloidese, n. orig. and chiefly Brit. (freq. depreciative). Brit. /ˌtablɔɪˈdiːz/, U.S. /ˌtæblɔɪˈdiz/ [‹ tabloid n. + -ese suffix. Compare earlier journalese n. and tabloidism n., and compare also tabloid-speak n. at tabloid n. and adj. Compounds 2.] The language or style considered characteristic o...
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Wag
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WAGs, a British slang/journalese acronym for 'wives and girlfriends'
Wild-Ass Guess, American slang for 'a rough estimate by an expert'
Taupota
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translatorese
translatorese (trɑːnsˌleɪtəˈriːz, træns-, -nz-) [f. translator + -ese.] = translationese. Cf. translatese.1915 Morning Post 15 Apr. 2/4 The worst ‘journalese’ is more English than schoolmasters' ‘translatorese’. 1967 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 May 399/1 There is even a recognizable variant of pidgin Engli...
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Index of journalism articles
Inverted pyramid (journalism)
Investigative journalism
Interpretive journalism
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Journalese
Journalism
Journalism ethics and standards
Journalism
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Academese
See also
Corporate jargon
Ethnofiction
Journalese
Officialese
Wooden language
References
External links
Academic terminology
Jargon
Criticism
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translationese
translationese (trɑːnsˌleɪʃəˈniːz, træns-, -nz-) [f. translation + -ese.] The style of language supposed to be characteristic of (bad) translations; unidiomatic language in a translation; = translatese, translatorese.1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. ix. ii. 313 The suffix [-ese] may be added ...
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novelese
noveˈlese [f. novel n. 3 b + -ese: cf. journalese.] The style of language characteristic of inferior novels.1900 Pall Mall G. 13 Jan. 3 The English is novelese, when it does not degenerate into sheer bad grammar.
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Teddy Wakelam
cricket commentator, John Arlott called him "a natural talker with a reasonable vocabulary, a good rugby mind and a conscious determination to avoid journalese
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Portia
Portia2 (ˈpɔəʃə) The name of the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice used as the type of a female advocate or barrister. Hence ˈPortian a., pertaining to or resembling Portia.1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 Jan. 12/2 The Paris Portia's First Success... Mdlle. Chauvan, the young lady barrister, made her ...
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Amedeo Benedetti (writer)
His numerous studies about language have helped to promote an awareness in Italy of officialese, journalese, legalese, medical jargon, pidgin, political
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False title
Likewise, The Columbia Guide to Standard American English (1993) classifies these constructions as "journalese". In 2012 Philip B. British usage
British style guides have in the past considered the construction not only journalese but an Americanism, or at least less "embedded" in
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