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meeja, n. (sometimes pl.). Chiefly Brit. colloq. (joc. and iron.).|ˈmiːdʒə|
Also meejer.
[Repr. colloq. pronunc. of media n.2 Cf. the similar respellings Cajun, eejit.]
The media; the members of the media, regarded as an identifiable social group. Freq. attrib.
1983Guardian Weekly 17 July 21/4 Part of the reason Mailer is such fun is his self-appointed mission to smash the consensual tea party held by the cultural bureaucrats and ‘meeja’ liberals. 1984Spectator 20 Oct. 6/3 The reason that no democratic government will decriminalise this fairly agreeable short cut to oblivion and death is nothing to do with agitation in the meejer. 1985Listener 31 Jan. 38/1 The meeja loves a good row. 1988J. Neel Death's Bright Angel v. 41 We aren't middle-class poor anymore, you know. I am part of the rich meeja. 1989Observer 15 Jan. v. 3/4 The cheeky ‘model’-cum-nightclub singer-cum-meeja star. |