JOURNALISM, JOURNALIST
NOUNS
..L18 — QUILL-DRIVING working as a journalist → Aust. sl.
.M19 — PENNY-A-LINING freelancing → sl.
1944 — FILL-IN in journalism: an account intended to fill gaps in one’s knowledge; a briefing → Amer. journalists’ usage
1948 — AFGHANISTANISM preoccupation, esp. on the part of journalists, with distant events, as a diversion from controversial domestic issues → colloq., orig. US
1972 — FEEDING FRENZY an episode of frantic competition or rivalry for something, esp. among journalists covering a story, personality, etc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1611 — GAZETTEER one who writes in a gazette; a journalist, a retailer of news
1625 — GAZETTIST the writer of an official gazette → obs.
1692 — KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author, a writer, a journalist → colloq.
1733 — COURANTEER a newspaper writer, a journalist → obs.
1803 — HACK a journalist, a reporter, esp. a staff newspaper writer → sl., chiefly humorous or derogatory
1824 — PERIODICALIST a person who writes for periodicals; a journalist → obs.
1844 — WAR-CORRESPONDENT a journalist engaged by a newspaper to send home first-hand descriptions of the fighting
.M19 — CHAUNTER COVE a journalist, a reporter → sl.
.M19 — LINER a freelance literary or journalistic hack → sl.
.M19 — PENNY-A-LINER a freelance literary or journalistic hack → sl.
1881 — WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort (Bk.)
1882 — BLACKSMITH a clumsy or slipshod worker; spec. an inept journalist → US sl.
1888 — INK-SLINGER a journalist or author → sl.
1890 — ADJECTIVE-JERKER a journalist → Eng. sl.
1890 — YARN-CHOPPER a fictional journalist; a story-teller, a chatterer, a long prosy talker → UK sl.
1890 — YARN-SLINGER one who writes tales in newspapers; a story-teller, a chatterer, a long, prosy talker → sl.
1892 — INKSPILLER a journalist or author → sl.
1892 — SPACE-MAN a journalist paid according to the extent of space occupied by his writing
1894 — INK-WASTER a journalist or author → sl.
1898 — YELLOW — a ‘yellow’ writer, or a writer of newspaper articles of a reckless or unscrupulous sensational character
..L19 — PENNY-A-LIAR a hack journalist → sl.
..L19 — SLAB-DABBER a left-wing hack journalist → sl.
1920 — GENTLEMAN OF THE PRESS a journalist → (Bk.)
1934 — AMBULANCE-CHASER a hack journalist who specializes in sensational accounts of accidents → Amer. sl.
1940 — NEWS HEN a female journalist → US sl.
1948 — BEAGLE a journalist → US sl.
1950 — NEWSIE a news broadcaster or journalist → US sl.
1976 — HACKETTE a female journalist or reporter → sl., humorous or derogatory usage
1983 — MONKEY a press photographer; generally, a journalist → chiefly UK colloq.
1991 — HEADACHE a journalist → Gulf war usage
1999 — BEAT REPORTER in baseball: a journalist who writes about a particular subject on a daily basis; spec. a sportswriter who covers a major-league team on a daily basis → baseball usage (Bk.)
..L20 — PIGEON a person who carries a journalist’s report from one country to another in order to evade censorship → sl.
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