Timese
//taɪˈmiːz// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A style of writing found in Time magazine, especially during its early decades, characterized by exaggeration, catchy phrasing, and offbeat word order. US
"The company's first publication was Time, a new kind of weekly magazine that chronicled the affairs of the world in a stylized prose of inverted nouns and verbs that came to be known as Timese."
Example
More examples"The company's first publication was Time, a new kind of weekly magazine that chronicled the affairs of the world in a stylized prose of inverted nouns and verbs that came to be known as Timese."
Etymology
From Time + -ese.
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