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noun
The jargon used in headlines of newspapers, often with unconventional grammar driven mainly by extreme brevity as a constraint of the medium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: journalese, newspaperese
noun
using the abbreviated style of headline writers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: expressive style, style
History
From headline + -ese.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
