Here we go again…
Why do all ceasefires have to be “fragile”? Why can’t they be conditional, or tenuous, or brittle? Or just leave the adjective off?
#journalese #rant

"This time she's said it to *US*!" #journalese

Double whammy: "big name funnymen" is a great @secondmentions.bsky.social, but also a classic example of @roberthutton.co.uk's #journalese.

Journalese Journalese is the artificial or hyperbolic, and sometimes over-abbreviated, language regarded as characteristic of the news style used in popular media. Joe Grimm, formerly of the Detroit Free Press, ...

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'Boffin' is a technical term, as @roberthutton.co.uk explains in his book 'Romps, tots and boffins, the strange language of news' #journalese

Has @roberthutton.co.uk noted this? #journalese

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Avoid clichés, #journalese, and #jargon when #writing a #news #story in #English. Free lesson plan for #journalism #trainers #teaching #student #journalists. Please adapt for your own purposes. #print, #television #radio #digital #online #social #media.

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snow never just covers, it always 'blankets' #journalese

The consensus in the press room is we've reached 'hanging in the balance' territory #journalese #cliche

Is "Tsar" on the #journalese list, @RobDotHutton? Drugs tsar, social mobility tsar, crime tsar, airport tsar...!

Tolerable but ubiquitous #journalese, @RobDotHutton?: "influential group of MPs", "MPs" & other substitutes for "Select Committee"

@RobDotHutton "By Joe Bloggs and agencies" = word-for-word pasted from Reuters/AP/Bloomberg/AFP etc. #journalese