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Tele en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Clipping of Telecaster.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A Fender Telecaster electric guitar.

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Tele en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping of Telegraph.

Meanings

  1. (informal) The Daily Telegraph, an Australian tabloid newspaper.
    • The Tele’s story spilled on to page 2 and an editorial called it Labor’s “immigration debacle”, again quoting the 21,500 figure. But the News Corp numbers were out by a factor of 10. The Tele had somehow bumped the figure up from 2,158 to 21,581. After being told by Labor the figure was wrong, the Tele amended the online copy and added a note to the end: […] 2025 January 31, Amanda Meade, “The ‘speedo’ beats the Worm as commercial TV catches federal election fever”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2025:
    • There was the vehement campaign against Labor in the last federal election. One News Corp insider has told me he expects the Tele lost audience as a result. Many of its readers are traditional Labor voters. 2014 May 28, Margaret Simons, “Has Sydney's Daily Telegraph lost touch with its readers?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2014:
    • Have a look at Sky News YouTube, Sky News Facebook and Alan Jones Facebook and you can see. The same column that I write for the Tele goes up on my Facebook page. 2021 November 4, Stephen Gibbs, Charlie Moore, quoting Alan Jones, “Inside the high-stakes meeting where Alan Jones learnt he was no longer wanted by Sky News Australia - and the clues hiding in plain sight that the axe was about to fall”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026:

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Synonyms

Daily Tele