| 单词 | rim man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrim man rim man n. U.S. slang (now rare) a newspaper copyreader (cf. sense 7). ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > editor of journal or newspaper > [noun] > sub-editor sub-editor1811 sub1822 rim man1923 slot man1928 1923 W. G. Bleyer Newspaper Writing & Editing (rev. ed.) xi. 294 The head copy reader..sits at the inside of the desk.., while the copy readers, or ‘rim-men’, sit around the outer edge, or ‘rim’, of the desk. 1961 Chicago Tribune 1 Oct. i. 3/1 A ‘rim man’ is the copyreader who edits stories and writes headlines. 2003 R. F. Smith & L. M. O'Connell Editing Today (ed. 2) ii. 25 Copy editors sat on the outside rim of the desk, so they became rim men (women editors were rare in those days). < as lemmas |
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