tabloidese

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/ˌtæblɔɪˈdiːz/

noun

The writing style of tabloid journalism.

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Meanings

nountabloidese (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe writing style of tabloid journalism.
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    Tabloids have their own language. Maybe it's because the pages are smaller than the broadsheet papers, or perhaps it's because they have to make room to fit all those pictures of Jordan in her knickers in each day, but tabloidese is a language and a skill peculiar to the red tops. Forget anything you learned in your grammar lessons at school.

    2010, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Origin

From tabloid + -ese.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tabloidese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabloidese

MLA

“tabloidese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabloidese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tabloidese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabloidese.

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