mediaspeak

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noun

The jargon used by the mass media.

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Meanings

nounmediaspeak (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe jargon used by the mass media.

    Mainly White Noise and Libra are full of mediaspeak from television, radio and the tabloids.

    2007, Jan Riepe, The Future Belongs To Crowds, page 72
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    Unlike Ginsberg's use of omnipresent mediaspeak to critique the abstractions of the war, Balaban employs less accessible texts in “The Gardenia in the Moon.”

    2007, Philip Metres, Behind the lines, page 117

Origin

From media + -speak.

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APA

mediaspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mediaspeak

MLA

“mediaspeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mediaspeak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mediaspeak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mediaspeak.

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