Newspapers & Magazines
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athelog /ˈӕθәˌlɒɡ/
noun (plural athelogs)
1. a sports magazine.
2. a personal journal of improvement in a particular sport.
[a blend of athletics + log.]
bandogram /ˈbӕndәˌɡrӕm/
noun (plural bandograms)
a musical score.
Synonym: tonetable
[from band + -gram.]
chapbook /ˈtʃӕpbʊk/
noun (plural chapbooks)
a men’s magazine.
[from informal chap ‘man’ + book.]
cosmobulletin /ˌkɒzmәˈbʊlәtәn/
noun (plural cosmobulletins)
a newspaper printed in a universal language.
[a blend of cosmos + bulletin.]
dabloid /ˈdӕblɔɪd/
noun (plural dabloids)
a newspaper or magazine in which the articles are painted or sketched.
- dabloidal /dӕˈblɔɪdәl/ adjective
[a blend of dabble + tabloid.]
effusepaper /ɪˈfjuːzˌpeɪpә/
noun (plural effusepapers)
a rampantly circulated, florgraphlurishous musepaper produced and contributed to by lavish lyroots.
[a blend of effuse + Hoptanglish musepaper.]
gazam /ɡәˈzӕm/
noun (plural gazams)
a glossy newspaper.
- gazamual /ɡәˈzӕmjʊәl/ adjective
[a blend of gazette + magazine.]
gazepticle /ɡәˈzɛptɪkәl/
noun (plural gazepticles)
1. a tiny newspaper.
2. a news story presented from a very narrow angle.
- gazeptic /ˌɡӕzәpˈtɪkjʊlә/ adjective
[from gazette + zepto- + -cle.]
graptolite /ˈɡrӕptәˌlʌɪt/
noun (plural graptolites)
a tabloid.
[a nuisance of graptolite.]
idolrag /ˈʌɪdәlˌrӕɡ/
noun (plural idolrags)
a magazine featuring celebrity gossip.
[from idol + informal rag ‘inferior newspaper’.]
mudflip 2 /ˈmʌdflɪp/
noun (plural mudflips)
an automobile magazine.
[a blend of mudflap + flip.]
musepaper /ˈmuːzˌpeɪpә/
noun (plural musepapers)
a magazine containing news from the world of art, often featuring short works or excerpts.
[a blend of muse + newspaper.]
narveleen /ˌnɑːvәˈliːn/
noun (plural narveleens)
a pamphlet.
[from Hoptanglish narvel + -een.]
oldspaper /ˈәʊldzˌpeɪpә/
noun (plural oldspapers)
a publication containing olds.
[a blend of Hoptanglish olds + newspaper.]
ragazine /ˌrӕɡәˈziːn/
noun (plural ragazines)
a magazine included in a newspaper.
- ragazinel /ˌrӕɡәˈziːnәl/ adjective
[a blend of rag + magazine.]
reelleer /ˈrɪәlɪә/
noun (plural reelleers)
a film script.
[from reel + Spanish leer ‘to read’.]
revoloud /ˈrɛvәˌlaʊd/
noun (plural revolouds)
a music magazine.
Semordnilap: duolover
[a blend of revolve + loud.]
scuttleflush 1 /ˈskʌtәlˌflʌʃ/
noun (plural scuttleflushes)
a magazine.
[a blend of English slang scuttlebutt ‘gossip’ + flush ‘a growth of leaves’.]
squipt /skwɪpt/
noun (plural squipts)
1. a comedy script.
mass noun
2. humorous handwriting.
- squiptic /ˌskwɪptɪk/ adjective
- squipticly adverb
[a blend of script + quip.]
tetrazine /ˌtɛtrәˈziːn/
noun (plural tetrazines)
a four-leaved pamphlet.
[from tetra- + magazine.]
treypage /ˈtreɪpeɪʤ/
noun (plural treypages)
a magazine concerned with games.
tripeflap /ˈtrʌɪpflӕp/
noun (plural tripeflaps)
a food magazine.
vapourback /ˈveɪpәˌbӕk/
noun (plural vapourbacks)
an in-flight magazine or book bound in cloud cover.