单词 | headlinese |
释义 | headlinesen. Originally U.S. The condensed, elliptical, or sensationalist style of language characteristic of (esp. newspaper) headlines. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > in particular literary contexts pamphletism1716 newspaper English1856 journalese1882 officialese1884 novelese1900 headlinese1916 bureaucratese1942 1916 N.Y. Tribune 24 Aug. 9 The general effect of headlinese on the language is good. Headlinese works against circumlocution and scroll-work expression. 1934 Times 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’. 1966 Listener 2 June 811/3 In headlinese you don't marry, you wed... You don't advance arguments against, you score. 2010 San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune (Nexis) 20 Nov. One traveler..had her honeymoon interrupted. This got translated into ‘Cruise From Hell’ in headlinese. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1916 |
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