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tabloid

Syllabification: (tab·loid)
Pronunciation: /ˈtabˌloid/
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Definition of tabloid

noun

  • a newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by headlines, photographs, and sensational stories.
  • [as modifier] chiefly North American sensational in a lurid or vulgar way:they argued about who made what allegation on what tabloid TV show

Origin:

late 19th century: from tablet + -oid. Originally the proprietary name of a medicine sold in tablets, the term came to denote any small medicinal tablet; the current sense reflects the notion of “concentrated, easily assimilable.”

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