| 释义 |
headliˈnese
[-ese.]
The elliptical style of language characteristic of the headlines, esp. in popular newspapers.
1927C. G. Marshall Private Let. (G. & C. Merriam Co. files) 12 Aug., In the headlines of general newspapers you see time after time such words as ‘Probe’, ‘Quiz’, ‘Tilt’, ‘Pact’, etc. In Newspaper offices such language is referred to as ‘Headlinese’. We banned it from the headlines of The [United States] Daily. 1934Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Feb. 66/3 They recognize that the difficulty nowadays is to keep the headline ‘from shouting too loudly’, and they cannot condemn too heartily mere ‘headlinese’. 1935H. Straumann Newspaper Headlines 256 An essential feature of present-day headlinese is the typographical make-up. 1966Listener 2 June 811/3 In headlinese you don't marry, you wed... You don't advance arguments against, you score. |