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churnalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtʃɝnl̩ˌaɪz/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈtʃɜːn(ə)laɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of churn + journalize; back-formation from churnalism.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To copy and paste (a news story) from one source into another, especially into a blog.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:churnalize.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
churnalise alternative lexicographic
churnalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
churnalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
churnalized Tense=Past lexicographic
churnalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic