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Romps, tots and boffins the strange language of news
A funny and irreverent annotated collection of ""journalese""--Words, phrases, clichés, and sacred cows beloved by newspapers but never used by anyone else. This ""bumper crop"" of examples is sure to ""fuel controversy."" Anyone who has picked up a paper has read journalese-words and phrases that are only found in newspapers. Without them, how would intrepid journalists be able to.
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/communication_and_culture
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/communication_and_culture_great_britain
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/newspapers_language_humor
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/mass_media_and_language
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/mass_media
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1011219
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870039
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/mass_media_and_language_great_britain
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091608
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008122454
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/journalism_language
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/journalism_great_britain_language
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005224
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/newspapers_language
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081882
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/psychology_social_psychology
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/language_arts_&_disciplines_vocabulary
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/allusions
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1781966299#Topic/mass_media_great_britain_terms_and_phrases
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081863
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- "You may not recognise the phrase, but if you have ever picked up a paper you'll have come across ?journalese'. Essentially, it covers words and phrases that are only found in newspapers ? whether tabloid or broadsheet. Without them, how would our intrepid journalists be able to describe a world in which late-night revellers go on booze-fuelled rampages, where tots in peril are saved by have-a-go heroes, and where troubled stars lash out in foul-mouthed tirades? When Rob Hutton began collecting examples of journalese online, he provoked a ?Twitter storm', and was ?left reeling' by the ?bumper c."
- "A funny and irreverent annotated collection of ""journalese""--Words, phrases, clichés, and sacred cows beloved by newspapers but never used by anyone else. This ""bumper crop"" of examples is sure to ""fuel controversy."" Anyone who has picked up a paper has read journalese-words and phrases that are only found in newspapers. Without them, how would intrepid journalists be able to."@en
- "You may not recognise the phrase, but if you have ever picked up a paper you'll have come across?journalese'. Essentially, it covers words and phrases that are only found in newspapers? whether tabloid or broadsheet. Without them, how would our intrepid journalists be able to describe a world in which late-night revellers go on booze-fuelled rampages, where tots in peril are saved by have-a-go heroes, and where troubled stars lash out in foul-mouthed tirades? When Rob Hutton began collecting examples of journalese online, he provoked a?Twitter storm', and was?left reeling' by the?bum."@en