(British, pejorative) The sensationalist tabloid newspapers in general.
(British, pejorative) The sensationalist tabloid newspapers in general.
“guess how many mentions there are on sianuska's account of the actual antisemitism being printed by the gutter press from whom she makes her living”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A derogatory slang term for a person considered to be of the lowest social rank or moral standing, evoking imagery of scavenging animals in the gutter. The phrase is blunt and contemptuous in register and is typically used to dismiss someone as worthless or dishonourable. Now uncommon, it has the flavour of older vernacular insult language.
(slang, humorous, UK, historical) The News of the World, a weekly tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011, known for its focus on sensational celebrity gossip.
(slang, derogatory) A person of low social rank.
(figurative) A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.
He is supported by the rightwing foreign owned gutter press
“Gutter press. I am surprised the Times would sink this low.”
“He is supported by the rightwing foreign owned gutter press”
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