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

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banner headline n. The journalistic fraternity has its own way of describing the people, the things or the events in a lighter vein. A tall gracious girl is referred to as a “Banner Head line” and a person’s obesity, particularly the lower portion of the body, is described as a “huge bottom spread.” The lingo is attached to the full width head line for the major story and bottom story on the front page of the newspaper. [English India Media] [full cite] (Dec. 5, 2004)

beauty shot n. Beauty shots: Generic external views of the stadium or host city, often shot from a blimp. [English United States Entertainment Media Sports & Recreation Television] [full cite] (May. 30, 2004)

beauty shot n. Once the game started, it was all about business, seamlessly blending live shots and instant replays, graphics and “beauty shots,” which is jargon for views of the stadium or home city during a game. [English United States Entertainment Media Sports & Recreation Television] [full cite] (May. 30, 2004)

beme n. A beme is a turbo-charged meme made possible entirely by the existence of the network affect. A beme can be impactful because it is lurid—a photo of a panty-less Britney Spears, or humorous—a whimisical video of the band OKGO on treadmills, or gut-wrenching—the sad tirade by comedian Michael Richards. A beme can cement an idea with the public in a way that cannot be legislated or regulated. No legal effort by Cisco to enforce a trademark, for example, will make the public unlearn that Apple produces the iPhone. [English Media Online New or Nonce] [full cite] (Feb. 19, 2007)

big dance n. On Friday, he scheduled his first informal back-and-forth with the press, an informal, off-camera session called the “gaggle” which White House press secretaries typically hold in the mornings as a sort of warmup for The Big Dance—the formal White House daily news briefing. [English Media Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 12, 2006)

blocktimer n. Most of these hard-hitting journalists—print or broadcast—are independent, free-lancers, or in our broadcast parlance, “blocktimers.” [English Philippines Media] [full cite] (Aug. 21, 2004)

blocktimer n. Those independent producers who are now thriving are directly the same people who already had control of media outlets under the Marcos government, or are allied by kinship or partnership to network owners, advertising agencies, government agencies or powerful religious organizations. Even available airtime is controlled by a kind of “blocktimers mafia.” [English Philippines Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 23, 2004)

blocktimer n. Abangan is a “blocktimer,” radio announcers who pay for their own time on the air and sell advertising time. [English Philippines Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 23, 2004)

blocktimer n. Greg Sanchez pledged assistance to Cortes, even as he clarified the broadcaster is not a regular employe[e] of the station but a blocktimer, who buys airtime. [English Philippines Media Television] [full cite] (Aug. 23, 2004)

Bloggernacle n. Unlike the more mainstream Mormon blogs—known collectively as the Bloggernacle—that by and large promote the faith, this online diary focuses on the universal challenges of mothering young children and on frustration with the limited roles women have in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [English Media Religion Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 5, 2005)

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