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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.
  2. adj. In summary form; condensed.
  3. adj. Lurid or sensational.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A tablet; a small troche, usually administered by the mouth, or, after solution, hypodermically.

Wiktionary

  1. n. publishing A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format, especially one that favours stories of a sensational nature over more serious news.
  2. adj. In the format of a tabloid.
  3. adj. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.
  2. n. a newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper, especially one that has relatively short or condensed articles and a large porortion of pictorial matter.
  3. adj. Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits.
  4. adj. of or pertaining to a tabloid newspaper or the type of story typically contained in one, such as lurid or sensationalistic stories of scandal, crime, or violence.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. sensationalist journalism
  2. n. newspaper with half-size pages

Etymologies

  1. From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid. (Wiktionary)
  2. From tabloid journalism, from Tabloid, trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. broadsheet

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  1. journalism
  1. news media
  1. paper
  1. newspaper

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  1. mainstream
  2. newspaper
  1. award-winning
  2. periodical
  1. sensational
  2. investigative
  1. english-language
  2. celebrity
  1. front-page
  2. weekly

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  1. bottom feeder
  1. déjà vu
  1. out
  1. sheet
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  1. news in summary form (condensed)

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  • reesetee Diana who? Feb 5, 2009

  • bilby I like the way the Diana front pages all have a file photo of her, as if everyone in England might have suddenly forgotten what she looked like and needed a photo to illustrate the story. Feb 4, 2009

  • sionnach Surely that flowchart had a row for Posh and Beckham before they decamped for L.A.

    Now, if it were the Times, there would have to be a logic checkbox related to the date, and reported first cuckoo-hearings. Feb 4, 2009

  • bilby Curious. Try this link. Feb 4, 2009

  • vanishedone 404 Not Found, a mere eleven hours later. Feb 4, 2009

  • bilby Hmmmm, here's How To Write A Daily Express Front Page. Feb 4, 2009

  • frindley Yields broadloid. Sep 26, 2008

  • chained_bear "Think of the Enquirer as the media establishment's rogue uncle who likes to throw back a few at family reunions and then regale relatives with tacky, delicious stories of debatable veracity. He isn't entirely assimilated into polite company, but then you can't stop listening to him, either."
    —Jonathan Mahler, "The Ur-Text of a Tabloid Age," Newsweek, September 29, 2008 Sep 26, 2008

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