Dictionary

TMZ en · NOUN

Etymology

The name of the organization was derived from the initialism of thirty-mile zone.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of thirty-mile zone.
   alt of thirty-mile zone

Forms

TMZ en · PROPN

Etymology

The name of the organization was derived from the initialism of thirty-mile zone.

Meanings

1. A tabloid news organization.
   • The four-part Showtime docuseries charts the importance of gossip to the New York tabloids, but also the growth of such material beyond them, via the web, TMZ and television, where Murdoch brought his tabloid sensibilities with “A Current Affair,” spawning a host of imitators. 2021 August 20, Brian Lowry, “‘Gossip’ charts how tabloid tattlers ‘escaped from their cages’ and rippled through the media”, in CNN: