单词 | shock announcement |
释义 | > as lemmasshock announcement a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘that shocks, scandalizes, or outrages’, as in shock announcement, shock headline, shock news, shock story, etc. Also designating a medium that deliberately intends to offend, shock, or provoke a strong reaction, as in shock journalism, shock radio, etc. ΚΠ ?1770 H. Chamberlain New & Compl. Hist. & Surv. London & Westminster Introd. v. 34/1 In the morning, his lordship waited on Mr. Secretary Pitt, with the shock-news of this disaster. 1908 Sunday Times 13 Dec. 3/1 If there happens to be the slightest easement in the daily supply of shock news the underlying firmness of markets immediately asserts itself. 1931 Aberdeen Jrnl. 28 Sept. 9/1 (heading) Ross County's Shock Win over Elgin City. 1938 Advocate (Melbourne) 10 Nov. 11/3 Lord Northcliffe, one of the first makers of ‘shock’ journalism. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Nov. 9/6 (advt.) You'll see the shock story of the year. 1974 Times 3 Apr. 1/1 (heading) Shock news is broken to EEC ministers. 1977 M. Walker National Front iii. 60 Shock headlines like ‘Five Million Coloured Asians now in Britain?’ (RPS News). 1994 Guardian 21 Nov. i. 20/7 Talk radio is shock radio, and somehow the right seems to have a stranglehold on the medium. 2012 J. Dougherty-McMichael in S. Brisset & N. Doody Voicing Dissent x. 104 A descent into self-referential shock literature. 2022 Sun (Nexis) 14 Jan. Danny Dyer has been pictured turning up for EastEnders filming after the shock announcement he's quitting the BBC soap. < as lemmas |
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