scandal sheet
noun
: a newspaper or periodical dealing to a large extent in scandal and gossip
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Season 1 ended with the reveal that sweet, unassuming Penelope Featherington was actually Lady Whistledown, the writer behind the influential scandal sheet. 
Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 As Lady Whistledown, Penelope earns an income publishing her scandal sheet. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022 Whistledown has the power to make and break lives, exposing secrets of high society in her scandal sheet. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2020 In the novels, readers don’t find out who is behind the scandal sheet until book four, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, which takes place in 1824 — 11 years after Lady Whistledown first shows up (and 11 years after season one of Bridgerton takes place). Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2021 But perhaps one of the best parts about the series is the enigmatic identity of Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews), the town's anonymous gossip columnist who shakes up Regency-era London with her all-knowing scandal sheet. Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2021 The teaser introduces viewers to the show's narrator and notorious scandal sheet author, Lady Whistledown, voiced by the incomparable Julie Andrews. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2020 But as her older brother begins to rule out her potential suitors, the high-society scandal sheet written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) casts aspersions on Daphne. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2020 In the seventies, two books appeared about Clift—one a pop-Freudian scandal sheet, by Robert LaGuardia, and the other a more respectful portrait, by Patricia Bosworth, who had the coöperation of Monty’s brother (and Robert’s father) Brooks Clift. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020 See More
Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 As Lady Whistledown, Penelope earns an income publishing her scandal sheet. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022 Whistledown has the power to make and break lives, exposing secrets of high society in her scandal sheet. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2020 In the novels, readers don’t find out who is behind the scandal sheet until book four, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, which takes place in 1824 — 11 years after Lady Whistledown first shows up (and 11 years after season one of Bridgerton takes place). Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2021 But perhaps one of the best parts about the series is the enigmatic identity of Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews), the town's anonymous gossip columnist who shakes up Regency-era London with her all-knowing scandal sheet. Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2021 The teaser introduces viewers to the show's narrator and notorious scandal sheet author, Lady Whistledown, voiced by the incomparable Julie Andrews. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2020 But as her older brother begins to rule out her potential suitors, the high-society scandal sheet written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) casts aspersions on Daphne. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2020 In the seventies, two books appeared about Clift—one a pop-Freudian scandal sheet, by Robert LaGuardia, and the other a more respectful portrait, by Patricia Bosworth, who had the coöperation of Monty’s brother (and Robert’s father) Brooks Clift. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above