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tabloid Definition

tab·loid (tablo̵id′)

noun

  1. a size of newspaper page, about 14 inches high by 12 inches wide, half the size of a standard page
  2. a newspaper using such a page size, esp. one with many pictures and short, often sensational, news stories

Etymology: tabl(et) + -oid: orig. a trademark for a medicine tablet

adjective

  1. condensed; short
  2. of or characterized by the sensationalism regarded as typical of tabloids tabloid talk shows

tabloid Usage Examples

Possessives

  • today: Other news: Elsewhere in today's tabloids are several condemnations of Madame Tussauds ' new Kylie waxwork.

Converse of object

  • tell: A source told the tabloid: " She's going from strength to strength.
  • read: I only read the tabloid newspapers at the weekend, while on a weekday I don't read tabloids.
  • go: No one can suppose that going tabloid is some miracle elixir.
  • do: BBC NEWS | UK | Do tabloids feed on crime fear?
  • take: King's / IoP / Debate 05 - Keep taking the tabloids!
  • publish: The Globe: Information from Answers.com The Globe ( tabloid ) The Globe is a supermarket tabloid published in North America.

Adjective modifier

  • red-top: Only journalists on red-top tabloids were down at the bottom with the estate agents.
  • right-wing: Several of the right-wing tabloids, in particular, have been plugging away on immigration and asylum in a sustained way for many months.
  • infamous: Anorak pokes fun every weekday at Britain's infamous tabloids, .. .
  • British: Football | Swiss hit back at British tabloids Swiss hit back at British tabloids.
  • daily: Full text of articles from Daily Record, the Scottish daily tabloid.
  • English: English tabloid The Sun has published three pictures which can be viewed by clicking here.

Modifies a noun

  • newspaper: Some tabloid newspapers express strong views which are hostile to the European Court.
  • headline: On October 21 a tabloid headline claimed: " Blunkett gives top copper a roasting " .
  • sensationalism: To me " gossip " sounds perilously close to " tabloid sensationalism " .
  • journalism: A new identity Without question, British tabloid journalism can be awful.
  • press: The UK's tabloid press has had a field day on the growing scandal.
  • fodder: While she was never exactly tabloid fodder, focus inevitably shifted to her personal life.

Noun used with modifier

  • supermarket: Weekly World News - Online edition of the supermarket tabloid.

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