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Words that Don’t Exist Outside of Tabloid Newspapers

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AuntyJanet · 02/02/2022 22:05

Just that really, what words appear in the tabloid press but are never used by people in everyday life.

I’ll start with:

Revellers
Tottered
Hit-maker

OP posts:
CruCru · 02/02/2022 22:24

Frolicked
Confesses (as in, Girl Next Door Confesses)

Somerford · 02/02/2022 22:26

Snub/snubbed

Florenz · 02/02/2022 22:26

"funnyman" meaning comedian.

PonyPatter44 · 02/02/2022 22:26

@Florenz

"lags" meaning prisoners, often used as "fellow lags".
I was just coming to say this! Corrupt prison officers are always 'screws' or 'guards' and they look on as lags romp with female staff....
Inspirationpending · 02/02/2022 22:27

Assets
Smooth visage

CitrusPocket · 02/02/2022 22:28

Breaks silence (usually used in headlines and about some uncontroversial topic).

unstitching · 02/02/2022 22:28

Pins (to mean legs)
To put on a busty Display (fgs she might just have pulled a top on)

EishetChayil · 02/02/2022 22:29

Stepped out

boatyardblues · 02/02/2022 22:29

Rumpy-pumpy

CeleriacOfTheNight · 02/02/2022 22:31

Bevy.

Not a drink, but the name for a group of page 3 girls beauties

greenalltheway · 02/02/2022 22:31

Slams/slammed

Random SENSATIONAL word in capital letters

OutrageousFlavourLikeFreesias · 02/02/2022 22:33

Rapped, as in "he was rapped for slamming his boss".

pastabest · 02/02/2022 22:34

'slammed'
'mob'
'pile' (referring to property)
'calling for'
'scupper'
'heated'
'radiant'
'burgeoning'
'vows'
'staggering'
'sparked'
'sports' (e.g. a bag/ black eye, new haircut)
'study reveals'
'Record breaking'
Random WORDS capitalised in the article heading to TRY and make the story 'SEEM MORE INTERESTING' (but REALLY we just want your CLICKS).

LunchBoxPolice · 02/02/2022 22:35

Blasted
Slammed

NashvilleQueen · 02/02/2022 22:39

These are very good.

MintyGreenDream · 02/02/2022 22:40

Sizzles

BringBackThinEyebrows · 02/02/2022 22:41

Gushes

Theworkhouse · 02/02/2022 22:44

Rocked as in wore

Poetrypatty · 02/02/2022 22:45

The mercury (whenever it's hot)
Prem star
Leggy

DasAlteLeid · 02/02/2022 22:52

Clapped back
Smoulders
Completed the look

DasAlteLeid · 02/02/2022 22:52

Hate all of these awful clichés!

toppkatz · 02/02/2022 22:55

'Sources' - as in 'sources close to the couple say...'

When actually nobody will say anything, so the journalist made it up, but they can't say that so they say 'sources' instead.

mscynical · 02/02/2022 22:58

Pizzazz
Scorching
Flaunts
Stunning
Voluptuous
Bombshell
Saucy
Cheeky
Dazzles
Glimpse
Vision
Moneymaker
Sultry
Sizzling
Risque
Frolics
Skimpy
Under boob
Leggy
Showcases
Plunging
Dazzles
Slinky
Playful
Wows
Posterior
Svelte
Busty
Covering her modesty
Hot mama
Saucy
Racy
Derriere
Curvaceous
All taken from a couple of days worth of DM sidebar reporting on pictures of women

RacoonRocket · 02/02/2022 22:59

Tot

As in "The plucky little Tot dialled 999 when his mother collapsed, and even opened the door for the paramedics".

Giveaschitt · 02/02/2022 23:03

Flocked. As in "people flocked to the beaches", prevalent over the last two years in all tabloids...