To hate the phrase "new news"

[Tobeavsangel]

Seen it twice today by two different people posting "I love my new news"

Why??

Why can't you just say I love my new shoes/make up/clothes instead?

[squoosh]

I've never heard that phrase in my life.

[RochelleGoyle]

Never heard that phrase before!

[Mov1ngOn]

Me neither..

[steff13]

I've never heard it either. It does seem weird.

[Ricardian]

"I've never heard that phrase in my life."

As You Like It, Act 1, Scene 1:

"Good Monsieur Charles, what's the new news at the
new court?"

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

I have never heard anyone say that.

[squoosh]

Well with all due respect to Mr Shakespeare I've never read or seen As You Like It so it's still totally new to me.

[steff13]

"Good Monsieur Charles, what's the new news at the new court?"

But I thought that mean news that was new, vs. old news. The OP seems to be talking about new clothes, etc.

[sparechange]

I've only heard it as a journalist in relation to actual news. Something can be 'new news' if you bring a different angle to an old story

[sparechange]

Are people trying to make 'news' a word meaning 'new things'?
Like the dreadful 'spends' meaning 'spending money' or 'eats' meaning food?

[Ricardian]

The OP seems to be talking about new clothes, etc.

Yes, I suspect you're right, and that indeed it's like "spends" and "eats", but even more so; describing everything new as "news" is taking metonymy a bit far.

[Oysterbabe]

You've made this phrase up.

[ChaseAvenal]

Ugh I don't like this either. It's up there with people who say 'lickle' instead of 'little'- the sort of thing I could find acceptable if it was parents talking to kids/partner and trying to be cute or something, but speaking to other adults, with no sense of irony?

[ChaseAvenal]

For those who've not heard people say it, it's pronounced a bit like how people might say choo-choo rather than two separate words.

[ThatsMyStapler]

Never heard it here unless it is actually about news, not things

[Oysterbabe]

Is it a regional thing? I've never heard it before.

[ChaseAvenal]

I'm pretty sure I've mostly heard it from people I know from Essex (I know SIL has definitely said it), but I can't 100% remember.

[ChaseAvenal]

Oh and it is totally different to 'news that is new' I wouldn't really mind that, even though it'd be fairly redundant xD

[howtorebuild]

It's new to me.

[ChaseAvenal]

Op are you from London/Essex or has this phrase spread elsewhere?

[Oysterbabe]

I know an Essex girl. I'll ask her now.

[Slarti]

But I thought that mean news that was new, vs. old news.

All news is new, strictly speaking, since it really just means plural of new [information]. Old news is (again strictly speaking) an oxymoron. Could be that Mr Shakespeare was making a deliberate play on words (as I seem to have just done).

On topic, I've never heard anyone use the phrase the OP heard.

[Oysterbabe]

She's never heard it.
Maybe it's a generation thing, I'm not very down with the kids.

[achildsjoy]

I have definitely heard it amongst dd's teenage friends in the East Midlands she is banned from saying it however.

[Tobeavsangel]

Yes I'm East Midlands, so definitely seems to be a regional thing