Meanings
proper noun
- A tabloid news organization.
The four-part Showtime docuseries charts the importance of gossip to the New York tabloids, but also the growth of such material beyond them, via the web, TMZ and television, where Murdoch brought his tabloid sensibilities with “A Current Affair,” spawning a host of imitators.
2021 August 20, Brian Lowry, “‘Gossip’ charts how tabloid tattlers ‘escaped from their cages’ and rippled through the media”, in CNN
Origin
The name of the organization was derived from the initialism of thirty-mile zone.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
TMZ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TMZ
MLA
“TMZ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TMZ. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “TMZ,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TMZ.
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