jour·nal·ese

(jûr′nə-lēz′, -lēs′)

The style of writing often held to be characteristic of newspapers and magazines, distinguished by clichés, sensationalism, and triteness of thought.

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journalese

(ˌdʒɜːnəˈliːz)

(Journalism & Publishing) derogatory a superficial cliché-ridden style of writing regarded as typical of newspapers

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jour•nal•ese

(ˌdʒɜr nlˈiz, -ˈis)

n.

a style of writing regarded as typical of newspapers and magazines.

[1880–85]

journalese

language typical of journalists and newspapers or magazines, characterized by use of neologism and unusual syntax. Also called newspaperese.

journalese

[ˈdʒɜːnəˈliːz] N (pej) → jerga f periodística

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journalese

[ˌdʒɜː^rn^əˈliːz] n (pejorative) → jargon m journalistique

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journalese

n → Zeitungs- or Pressejargon m

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journalese

[ˈdʒɜːnəˈliːz] n (pej) → giornalese

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References in classic literature

In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."

View in context

The joyful journalese revealed that it was beyond question their boy, and it soothed Mrs.

View in context

Crystal and Davy (1973) note about these four types of sentence that in journalese writing, including editorials, it is the declarative type which is the most preferred.

Cross-dialectal similarity of registers: The case of the sentence across Ghanaian and British newspaper editorials

The former, it was said, might be financially self-supporting, and it was also remarked that the suggested name, Koinonia, "would have no appeal for the general public" (44) Visser 't Hooft, however, declared himself to be firmly opposed to the idea of a "popular" magazine: "He said that it was impossible to produce a popular journal internationally, because in it one would have to use the 'journalese' of a particular country which would be unacceptable in other countries." There was already a plan in Britain to produce a "popular" national ecumenical journal, he noted, and this might be followed in other countries.

"A Bold Enterprise" The Ecumenical Review and the Beginnings of the World Council of Churches

It is the journalese version of the scriptural verses of lamentation.

Between a president and a professor

The fascinated critic asks: "Is it a kind of esoteric message?" to which the crestfallen author replies: "Ah my dear fellow, it can't be described in cheap journalese!" Begging for a clue to guide his new research agenda, the critic is told:

THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET

He had no truck with my defence that this was pacy journalese rather than a grammar by-pass.

Pedants' revolt? Just be glad we're still using words at all

A range of perspectives from different disciplines compels our attention to the intersection of literature and journalism: Benedict Anderson's "imagined communities" in relation to the newspaper; Walter Benjamin's flaneur who dabbles, among other things, in journalese; and media studies' "literary journalism."

Literature and Journalism

Among 64 productions by the subjects, the correct stress placed on last syllable in these suffixed words were Four on Nepalese, while six on journalese, four on Novelese and four on Sudanese.

Stress Placement in English Bi-Syllabic and Tri-Syllabic Suffixed Words and their Roots by Pashto Speakers in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (Pakistan)

In street-corner journalese, 'nakatulog sa pansitan' (fell asleep at the noodle house) or caught sleeping on the job.

Caught sleeping

easy to fathom Colnett's nautical journalese, with its abbreviations, poor spelling, lack of punctuation and idiosyncratic capitalisation" (p.7).

G. Allen Mawer (ed.), A voyage to New Holland and round the world: for the purpose of transporting convicts thither and returning with ship timbers, with observations on the mutinous state of New South Wales and the superiority of New Zealand for settlement undertaken and performed by Captain James Colnett of the Royal Navy, in HMS Glatton during the years 1802 and 1803