Definitions

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  • adjective humorous Overly professionalist; palpably mechanical in execution
  • adjective Prone to using overly cliché phrases in excess.

Etymologies

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newspaper +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Its format is newspaperish and it's content comes from a core group of staff writers and guest contributors which in the past has included Hillary Clinton, President Obama and John Cusack just to name a few.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Its format is newspaperish and it's content comes from a core group of staff writers and guest contributors which in the past has included Hillary Clinton, President Obama and John Cusack just to name a few.

    Won't You Just Die Already!! 2009

  • Also great is the use of cartoons in posts, turning clinical into a newspaperish style.

    Drive-by-Shooting Sundays: The Antisocial Social Worker 2008

  • As the cur­rent object of Jay’s fawn­ing, I thought I’d offer some agree­ment and some dis­agree­ment with­out, I hope, being fawn­ing myself or defen­sively newspaperish.

    … And Another Thing « Snarkmarket 2005

  • Perhaps you'll enjoy hearing it while you wait -- it's really quite newspaperish. "

    Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Margaret Sidney 1884

  • "I'm sorry if this post looks newspaperish? but I just felt there were things that needed clarification.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • "I'm sorry if this post looks newspaperish? but I just felt there were things that needed clarification.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

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