tabloid

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/ UK /ˈtæblɔɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #19095

Meanings

1

noun
A small-format newspaper that focuses on sensational stories, gossip, and celebrities.

The story was all over the tabloids the next morning.
2

adj
Like the sensational, gossipy style of such newspapers.

The magazine is known for its tabloid journalism.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a small-format newspaper... rag

Word family

Forms tabloids

Derived forms broadloidtabtabloidesetabloidesquetabloidismtabloidizationtabloidliketabloidy

Etymology

The noun is derived from tabl(et) + -oid (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’), originally coined by the United Kingdom firm Burroughs, Wellcome & Company as a brand name for their medicines and other products such as tea in tablet form and registered as a trademark on 14 March 1884. Noun sense 2 (“compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature”) is influenced by noun sense 2.2 (“newspaper characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news”). The adjective and verb are derived from the…

*steh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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# tabloid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtæblɔɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 19095

## Meanings
1. A small-format newspaper that focuses on sensational stories, gossip, and celebrities.
2. Like the sensational, gossipy style of such newspapers.

## Examples
- The story was all over the tabloids the next morning.
- The magazine is known for its tabloid journalism.

## Derived Forms
- broadloid
- tab
- tabloidese
- tabloidesque
- tabloidism
- tabloidization
- tabloidlike
- tabloidy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *steh₂-

## Etymology
The noun is derived from tabl(et) + -oid (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’), originally coined by the United Kingdom firm Burroughs, Wellcome & Company as a brand name for their medicines and other products such as tea in tablet form and registered as a trademark on 14 March 1884. Noun sense 2 (“compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature”) is influenced by noun sense 2.2 (“newspaper characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news”). The adjective and verb are derived from the…

## AI Etymology
Tabloid The noun is derived from tabl(et) + -oid (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’), originally coined by the United Kingdom firm Burroughs, Wellcome & Company as a brand name for their medicines and other products such as tea in tablet form and registered as a trademark on 14 March 1884. Noun sense 2 (“compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature”) is influenced by noun sense 2.2 (“newspaper characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news”).

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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