Meanings
proper noun
- broadcastingFormer name of MS NOW, an American news-based television channel and website.
“If you’re wondering how Jon Stewart’s bullshit bothsidesist return went over…” former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann posted to X, formerly Twitter. “The antisemite racist conspiracy nuts LOVED it.”
2024 February 13, Zachary Leeman, “Jon Stewart Angers Liberal Viewers By Criticizing Biden: ‘Racist Conspiracy Theory Nuts LOVED It!’”, in Mediaite, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2024
Origin
Blend of MSN (“Microsoft Network”) + NBC (“National Broadcasting Company”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
MSNBC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MSNBC
MLA
“MSNBC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MSNBC. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MSNBC,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MSNBC.
Source: MSNBC on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.