Media Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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A-story n. The A-story, as they call it in the TV biz, concerns Tom’s efforts to interview and then assist Crazy Benny, the tire guy, who insanely slashes prices to the bone. [English Entertainment Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 3, 2004)

Afghanistanism n. For years, Americans went about their daily lives under the false impression that faraway places like Afghanistan didn’t matter. Newspapers even had a term for news stories that were irrelevant to local readers: “Afghanistanism.” [English Media Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 8, 2006)

anticipointment n. WPXI news director Corrie Harding acknowledged there’s a term for teasing stories that don’t deliver: “anticipointment.” “If we make a story sound like the second coming and tease it four times and it’s really nothing by the time we get there” that leads to anticipointment, Harding said. Stations don’t set out to aggravate viewers, but as WTAE news director Bob Longo notes, TV is also a business. [English Media Television] [full cite] (May. 1, 2008)

appointment television n. It pounds the final nail into the coffin of must-see, appointment television. BitTorrent transforms the Internet into the world’s largest TiVo. [English Media] [full cite] (Dec. 29, 2004)

ARC n. And they kept coming and coming, sometimes in final form, other times in an early version known as arcs, and suddenly there were huge stacks, each bearing a Post-It note I’d created to separate them by month of publication. [English Arts & Literature Media Acronym] [full cite] (Jul. 7, 2004)

ARC n. Mary asks whether the bound galley is the same as the ARC. No, the ARC—the Advance Reader’s Copy—is still to come. [English Media Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Aug. 26, 2004)

ARC n. The advanced reading copy, or ARC in the publishing world, is a vital part of marketing of books. [English Media Jargon] [full cite] (Aug. 26, 2004)

ARC n. N.Y. 1992 Delacorte 1st ARC VG/in wraps. From uncorrected proof of author’s first novel. Update of the “Frankenstein” story. [English Media Jargon] [full cite] (Aug. 26, 2004)

backhaul n. Research firm GeoResults measures the market for the wholesale transport of communications traffic, or “backhaul” as it is called, at $2.8 billion in 2007, and projects the market to grow to $15.3 billion by 2011. [English Media Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

bang bang n. The brave and dedicated men and women who risk their lives and well-being every moment that they are in a war zone are well aware of the phrase “watch your ass.” They wear helmets and body armor and are always looking over their shoulders. However, the number of news photographers who cover “bang, bang,” as it is known in the trade, are a small minority among the photographers in the business. [English Media Military Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 8, 2006)

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