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newsflash en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈnuzˌflæʃ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From news + flash.
Meanings
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(colloquial, often, sarcastic) Introduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.
In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation).
2019, Rob Lipsett, The Rob Lipsett Game Plan:
Forms
Synonyms
bulletin · hello
newsflash en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈnuzˌflæʃ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From news + flash.
Meanings
-
A brief media report of something that has recently taken place.
Television programmes were interrupted by a newsflash announcing that the Prime Minister had resigned.
Forms
Deriveds
Muppet News Flash
Synonyms
flash · breaking news · update · bulletin · snap
Translations (9)
sh najnovije vijesti (Translations) · es primicia (Translations) · ru срочная новость (Translations) · es tubazo (Translations) · es emprima (Translations) · es chiva (Translations) · cmn 快訊 /快讯 (Translations) · es notición (Translations) · hu gyorshír (Translations)