Reverse Dictionary: NEWSPAPER

ADJECTIVES
► NEWSED mentioned in the newspaper → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEWSPAPERACIOUS of a form or style usual in newspapers → 1843
► YELLOW applied to newspaper (or writers of newspaper articles) of a recklessly or unscrupulously sensational character → 1898 orig. US

NOUNS
► ABC AD a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order → 1973 US sl.
► AGONY COLUMN 1. the section of a newspaper dedicated to special advertisements, particularly those for missing relatives and friends, and thus filled with personal agony → L19
2. a regular newspaper or magazine feature containing readers’ questions about personal problems with replies from a columnist, usually female → 1950s
► ART newspaper photographs of celebrities → 20C Amer. sl.
► BALAAM temporary paragraphs reserved to fill up the columns of a newspaper or magazine → 1826 journalistic sl.
► BLANKET SHEET a newspaper in folio form → 1888
► BLAT a newspaper → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BULLDOG EDITION the first edition of a newspaper edition to hit the streets → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUM-FODDER tabloid newspapers → 1900s US sl.
► BUNK SHEET a sensational newspaper → 1922 US sl.
► BUSTER a country news-sheet or newspaper → 1981 N.Z. colloq., obs. (Bk.)
► BUTTER WRAPPER a newspaper → L19 Aust. sl.
► CALIFORNIA BLANKET newspapers used as bedding → 1926 Amer. tramps’ sl.
► CAPTAIN GRIMES The Times → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► CHIPS local items in newspapers; also applied to the reporter who collects them → 1889 Amer. journalism sl.
► COURANT a paper containing news; a published newspaper or newsletter → 1621
► CURRANT BUN The Sun newspaper → 20C Brit. rhyming sl.
► DAILY a daily newspaper → M19 colloq.
► DAILY BLATTS, THE the daily newspapers → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► DAILY EXAGGERATOR the Daily Express → c1912 jocular usage
► DAILY GETSMUCHWORSE the Daily Express (daily national tabloid newspaper in the UK launched in 1900) → 1975 UK sl.
► DAILY LEVY, THE the Daily Telegraph (newspaper published in London, founded in 1855) → c1860 sl.
► DAILY LIAR a nickname for the Daily Mail → 1984 UK jocular usage
► DAILY SUPPRESS the Daily Express → c1912 jocular usage
► DAILY-TELL-THE-TALE the Daily Mail → c1920 rhyming sl.
► DAILY TORYGRAPH the Daily Telegraph → 2003 UK sl.
► DAILY WAIL, THE ► DAILY WHALE, THE the Daily Mail → c1910 jocular usage
► FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story → 1851 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► GAZETTEER a newspaper, a gazette → 1730-46 obs.
► HATCH, MATCH, AND DISPATCH COLUMN the birth, marriage, and death announcements in the press → 1883 Amer. & journalistic sl.
► IRISH COMICS the obituary columns in a newspaper → 20C sl.
► IRISH FUNNIES the obituary columns in a newspaper → 20C sl.
► JIMPLECUTE ► JIMPLICUTE a pamphlet or newspaper → 1982 Amer. dial.
► LA DI DA the Daily Star newspaper → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► MCPAPER the notoriously banal ‘USA Today’ → 1980s US students’ sl.
► MISLEADING PAPER, THE a nickname for ‘The Times’ → 1876 Brit. sl.
► NEWS a newspaper → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEWS OF THE SCREWS a nickname for the ‘News of the World’ (a Sunday paper in the UK) → 1990s sl.
► NURSERY RHYMES the Times newspaper → Brit. rhyming sl.
► OLD LADY OF WESTMORELAND STREET the Irish Times → M19 Irish
► OLD SLOP The Times newspaper → M19 sl.
► PAP a newspaper → 1900s US sl.
► PAPER NEWS a newspaper → 1821 Sc.
► PARAGRAPHY the writing of newspaper paragraphs; newspaper paragraphs collectively or as a class → 1896
► PENN’ORTH O’ TREASON an anonymous but presumably scandalous Sunday paper; “a notorious penny Sunday London paper which attacks every party and has no policy of its own” (Ware) → L19 sl.
► RAG a newspaper, esp. a disreputable one → 1889 UK sl.  
► READER a newspaper, letter, etc. → c1840 sl.
► SAUSAGE WRAPPER. a newspaper → L19 Aust. sl.
​► SCAREHEAD 1. a headline in exceptionally large type → 1885
2. a sensational newspaper headline; hence, any sensational writing → 1910s US sl.
► SCREAM SHEET a tabloid newspaper → 1925 US sl.
► SCREWS, THE a nickname for the ‘News of the World’ (a Sunday paper in the UK) → 1990s sl.
► SHEET a newspaper, a magazine → 1754 UK sl.
► SNITCH-SHEET a newspaper → 1930s African-American sl.
► SPREAD a newspaper → 1848 obs., orig. US
► TAB a tabloid newspaper → 1930s sl.
► THINK-PIECE a newspaper or magazine article of intellectual virtue or pretension; a thoughtful essay → 1947 US sl.
► THUMBSUCKER a newspaper or magazine article with pretensions of gravity and authority → 1974 US journalists’ usage
► TIT ART appealing photographs of young women → 1970s US newspaper office usage
► TUCSON BLANKET newspapers, when used by tramps as a substitute for blankets → 1920s US sl.
► TWO MINUTES SILENCE a (local) newspaper, suggesting that it could be effectively read in a mere two minutes → 1978 NZ sl.
► YELLOW a ‘yellow’ (see adj.) newspaper or newspaper writer → 1898

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACE Assistant City Editor of a newspaper → 2006 Amer. journalists’ sl.  (Bk.)
► AGONY AUNT a problem-solving columnist of newspapers and magazines to whom the lovelorn and generally wretched can write and their letters will be answered in print or privately, usually female → 1970s sl.
► AGONY UNCLE a problem-solving columnist of newspapers and magazines to whom the lovelorn and generally wretched can write and their letters will be answered in print or privately, usually male → 1970s sl.
► BUTCH a vendor of newspapers on railroad trains → 1919 US sl.
► BUTCHER 1. in journalism: a copy editor → 1867 US sl.
2. a vendor of newspapers, peanuts, candy, etc., esp. aboard a passenger train or at a sporting event → 1880 US sl.
► CHAUNTER COVE a newspaper reporter → c1840 cant
► CHIPS local items in newspapers; also applied to the reporter who collects them → 1889 Amer. journalism sl.
► COURANTEER 1. a newspaper publisher → 1722 US
2. a newspaper writer, a journalist → 1733 obs.
► CREEPER a person who furnishes the newspapers with paragraphs at so much a line → 1824 sl., obs.
► FILLER that member of the editorial staff of a newspaper who provides fill-up matter written by himself or supplied by agencies → c1910 journalistic colloq.
► HACKETTE a female journalist or staff newspaper writer → 1984 Brit. sl. 
► LEG MAN a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story → 1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
► NEWS BUTCHER a seller of newspapers, sweets, etc., on a train → L19 US sl.
► NEWS HAWK 1. a newspaper reporter → 1935 sl., orig. US
2. a newspaper seller → 1957 US sl.
► NEWSHOG 1. a newspaper reporter → 1910s sl. orig. US
2. a newspaper seller → 1950s US sl.
► NEWSHOUND 1. an enthusiastic and committed newspaper reporter → 1918 US sl.
2. a newspaper reporter → 1919 sl., orig. US
► NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEWSIE ► NEWSY a seller of newspapers in the street; orig. boys and girls only → 1875 sl., orig. US
► NEWS-LASSIE a newspaper girl → 1870 Sc.
► NEWSPAPER-BILLY a reporter for the  Press → 1886 Sc.
► NEWSPAPER-MAN a man who is a great reader of newspapers → 1892 Sc.
► NEWSPAPER-WOMAN a woman who is a great reader of newspapers → 1892 Sc.
► PACKETEER a writer of articles for (periodical) newspaper → 1681-2 hist. obs.
► PAPER CRIER a street seller of newspapers; a news vendor → 1711 Sc.
► PARAGRAPHIST a newspaper hack → 1790 Amer.
► PEANUT BUTCHER a vendor of newspapers aboard a passenger train → 1902 US sl.
► SNITCHER a newspaper reporter or columnist, a writer → 1930s African-American sl.
► WORDSTER a writer, usually a newspaper columnist → 1975 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)

VERBS
► HUSTLE SHEETS to sell newspapers → L19 sl.
► PASS to deliver newspapers → 1943 Amer. dial.
► PARAGRAPHIZE to write paragraphs for the newspapers → 1826