headlinese

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Synonyms: headlines, headline, headliner, deadlines, deadliness, headiness, headlined, headliners

Antonyms: headlines, headline, headliner, deadlines, deadliness, headiness, headlined, headliners

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Noun

1. The [[jargon]] used in [[headline]]s of [[newspaper]]s, often with unconventional [[grammar]] driven mainly by extreme [[brevity]] as a constraint of the medium.

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