Lord Privy Seal

1. UKgovernmentThe fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, now used as a sinecure or title for a minister without portfolio.

   Synonyms: Keeper of the Privy Seal, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal

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1. UKhumorousbroadcastingOf images, that match words too closely or in an overly literal manner.

   Not bad, but it's a bit Lord Privy Seal.

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   Now only people in their late fifties (and there aren't many of us left at the BBC) even remember it; yet a few years ago I heard a young editor and a youngish reporter discussing whether a picture sequence was 'too Lord Privy Seal': that is, too literal and obvious.

   2009 September 30, John Simpson, News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 115

   Between 'a quiet village in the rolling Cotswolds...' (too Lord Privy Seal-ish ) and 'an ugly mood is spreading here' (doesn't fit with the sunlit oaks and silent roads) a good TV reporter will come up with something better.

   2009 September 18, Andrew Marr, My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN