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Words and phrases that are only used by tabloid newspapers

  • 19-10-2012 5:25pm
    #1
    some random drunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭


    Tabloid newspapers are particularly bad for using words and phrases that no one ever in their right mind would use in conversation.

    "Boffins" is one. As is "romp".

    Anyone got any more?


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  • #2
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,464 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    36 24 38


  • #3
    jasonb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭jasonb


    The word 'Terror' isn't only used by Tabloids, but they do excel at adding it to the end of every headline...

    J.


  • #4
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    "all grown up"


  • #5
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,225 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Busty.


  • #6
    CuppaCocoa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭CuppaCocoa


    So I made my excuses and left!


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  • #7
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,951 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    "Performed a sex act".


  • #8
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    "The Truth".


  • #9
    homeless student
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,020 ✭✭✭homeless student


    pop flop brian mcfadden. tv babe ...... everyones a babe in the tabloids eyes. pop crooner ronan keating ...


  • #10
    Kurz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 786 ✭✭✭Kurz


    Pedo sex pest!


  • #11
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,464 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    An anonymous source.


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  • #12
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Booze


  • #13
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,269 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    'A disgrace'

    Well, them and the Joe Duffy brigade. I really hate that one.

    'Vile'. Everything is 'vile'. 'Vile Pedo' 'Vile criminal' 'Vile tabloid'


  • #14
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    o1s1n wrote: »
    'A disgrace'

    Well, them and the Joe Duffy brigade. I really hate that one.

    'Vile'. Everything is 'vile'. 'Vile Pedo' 'Vile criminal' 'Vile tabloid'
    Don't people use both of those words in real life?


  • #15
    Funglegunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Funglegunk


    "...said one onlooker."

    i.e. something the reporter made up themselves.


  • #16
    Gee Bag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    Romp
    Sex Beast


  • #17
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Tabloid Headline:
    Wergie Wonga makes Bergie Linga Longa.

    Translation:
    Denis Bergkamp has successfully concluded his contact renegotiations with Arsenal football club.


  • #18
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    My '...' hell



    Tabloids in exaggeration 'shocker'


  • #19
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    "Snub".

    "... an act too explicit to describe in a family newspaper."

    The second one was a favourite of The News of The World.


  • #20
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    "downmarket rival" used to describe any other newspaper.


  • #21
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    love nest, love rat, death plunge.

    In sport esp football - swooped is a favourite.


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  • #22
    some random drunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭some random drunk


    Unnecessary references to the value of people's homes.

    For example: The defendant, Joe Bloggs, 42, who resides in a €600,000 house in South Dublin, arrived in court wearing a grey suit and tie.

    Oh and while I'm at it, references to people's clothing in court cases!


  • #23
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,785 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    *somebody looking for column inches* has revealed......


  • #24
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    "Mr & Mrs X spoke from their €650k home" (do the journalists ring estate agents for valuations of homes when writing about people)


  • #25
    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    some random drunk wrote: »
    Unnecessary references to the value of people's homes.

    For example: The defendant, Joe Bloggs, 42, who resides in a €600,000 house in South Dublin, arrived in court wearing a grey suit and tie.

    Oh and while I'm at it, references to people's clothing in court cases!

    That's another thing-constant and irrelevant references to people's ages, as well as the blatantly unnecessary preface of their name with a two word description, you know, like "Pop Svengali, Louis Walsh, 60", "Legendary Crooner, Dickie Rock, 104", etc. etc.


  • #26
    movingsucks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭movingsucks


    "poured her curves into (what ever skanky outfit)"

    "covered her modesty"

    "AND NOW THE MOMENT WHEN (insert a random happening"

    "a VERY short/seethrough/revealing (item of clothing" ... Why the emphasis on the "very" ?

    And yes they all came from the daily mail


  • #27
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    shocker


  • #28
    Niles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    o1s1n wrote: »
    'A disgrace'

    Well, them and the Joe Duffy brigade. I really hate that one.

    'Vile'. Everything is 'vile'. 'Vile Pedo' 'Vile criminal' 'Vile tabloid'

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiMOKmp0uZc


  • #29
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    'Scandal'


  • #30
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Underworld crime boss, The General, The Viper, etc


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  • #31
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    "Ghouls'

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?sel=site&searchPhrase=ghouls


  • #32
    Phoenix Park
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Phoenix Park


    Typical Irish tabloid waank headlines:

    "Dad gunned down in front of kids" (ie: scumbag drug dealer shot)

    "Tears of a mother" (ie: drug dealer/murderer's mother photographed at funeral sheding a tear and wearing a Celtic jersey).


  • #33
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    A source close to the "celebrity" revealed......


  • #34
    tommyboy2222
    Closed Accounts Posts: 914 ✭✭✭tommyboy2222


    "Political correctness gone mad"

    "Elf and Safety"


  • #35
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    It's a bit cruel, but this one is a running gag about the BILD newspaper in Germany:

    'Man was mauled by a pitbull, read the exclusive interview with the mince meat only in BILD'


  • #36
    OurLadyofKnock
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 558 ✭✭✭OurLadyofKnock


    A nearby young muslim.


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  • #37
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,191 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Anything to do with the weather is 'apocalyptic'.


  • #38
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Every word written by Paul Williams.


  • #39
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,951 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Man of the people, Bertie Ahern....

    This used to be in the papers all the time years ago. :confused:

    Everyone I knew also thought he was a c***.


  • #40
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Gotcha


  • #41
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Family 'devastated' over broken fingernail


    'Scumlord' on the loose


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  • #42
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    'Tot' to describe a child. I hate that word.


  • #43
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,337 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Man shoots nine people. Thats reprehensible.
    Man steals friends chips. Thats reprehensible.
    Woman farts in bath. Thats reprehensible.


  • #44
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Crim short for criminal
    specifying 'oral rape'


  • #45
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    For any page where they have pictures of sexy celebrities on a beach or something theres always that "one onlooker" thats quoted who makes really bad puns.

    e.g "rearly good view", "breast view" etc


  • #46
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,908 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    'Bonking'


  • #47
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Pensioner Bridie was found dead in her 200k home


    The house price has nothing to do with the story
    It's just used to show she wasn't on welfare and was a "decent sort", stirs up a bit more interest, wow a person like me

    Daily Mail are very fond of this



    "anonymous garda source" = lies from the Evening Herald


  • #48
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    My night of passion with Robbie Williams (or someone else famous)

    The tell all article will include a skimpily dressed photo of this young girl but not too much on show, she is worried what her parents may think :rolleyes:

    Why did you run to the papers so?


  • #49
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Cornflake days :D


  • #50
    Sirsok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭Sirsok


    canabis resin


  • #51
    Seedy Arling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,002 ✭✭✭Seedy Arling


    RANDY VICAR IN BONKING SCANDAL!!!!!!!!


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