journalesen.
/ˌdʒəːnlˈiːz/, U.S. /ˌdʒərnlˈiz/ colloquial.
The style of language supposed to be characteristic of public journals; ‘newspaper’ or ‘penny-a-liner's’ English.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > in particular literary contexts
pamphletism1716
newspaper English1856
journalese1882
officialese1884
novelese1900
headlinese1916
bureaucratese1942
society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun] > characteristic style of
newspaperism1838
newspaperese1879
journalese1882
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Apr. 2/1 Translated from ‘Journalese’ into plain English.
1893 Athenæum 30 Dec. 901 It is sad..to find [him] guilty of such journalese as ‘transpired’.
1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 166 I..refrained from putting any journalese into it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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