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tabloid

In the form of a tabloid (noun senses and ): compressed or compact in size.

ˈtæblɔɪdDocumented since 2010s2010sGen ZCurrent134 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026

In the form of a tabloid (noun senses and ): compressed or compact in size.

Travellers, explorers and missionaries are enabled to carry the most effective medicines in the smallest possible space by using ‘Tabloid’ Medicine cases as supplied to [[w:Henry Morton Stanley
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  • “A lot of the brave Centrist lads are looking around for an anti-Farage article to retweet so when they are asked why theyve spent the past two weeks relentlessly repeating Tabloid slurs about Polanski they can point to it and go "See? Intellectual Consistency!"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “BBC ..... the voice of the elite, masquerading as a public broadcaster. MSM.....gutterpress, tabloid and broad-sheet. 10 X worse in Scotland, but we see thro them in increasing numbers, as tomorrow's election results will show 😀”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I clearly remember the paediatrician burned out of her home during the paedophile-naming campaign by a tabloid newspaper. We certainly don’t need AI to help make us even more stupid and dangerous.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Also that 200k is per _eight_ year not yearly. Televised tabloid reviews are essentially unpaid advertisement for these right wing propaganda contents. Newspaper readership would be a fraction. No one buys papers any more.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Too many people are credulous to the facade they put on, and that whole "I'm so infuriated but there's an absurdity in my circumstances." that fuels endless tabloid gossip. But it also grabs the attention of incredulous people who find it insufferable.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(archaic) A small, compressed portion of a chemical, drug, food substance, etc.; a pill, a tablet.

One of the compartments was found to contain some forty compressed tabloids, which on analysis proved to be potassium bromide.
Origin: [[File:British tabloids - July 5 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tabloids () on sale at a newsstand in the United Kingdom.]] The is derived from , originally as a brand name for their medicines and other products such as tea in tablet form and registered as a trademark on 14 March 1884. is influenced by . The are derived from the noun. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “James O'Brien questions tabloid silence on Farage's £5m gift - The London Economic apple.news/AoNxhEPBzSCW...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “There’s a new issue of my periodical tabloid, this one titled “CAUSTIC SIGNOFF”, available exclusively from Institute 193 at the moment. Available on their webstore or in Lexington at the 193 SHOP. It’ll be available in my store and from select distros in a few weeks.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “*Lynda Bellingham diehard, that guy really liked Trial, but the Floella Benjamin suggestion is equally funny, and we haven't even reached Ken Livingstone and Noel Edmonds. Remember, the tabloids/tabloid readers wanting it means it should NOT happen. Always the rule.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Congratulations to the Daily Record for using a word rarely seen anywhere outside tabloid journalism, but which is entirely appropriate here. The belief of Bathgate candidate David McLennan, that aircraft chemtrails are a plot by Bill Gates to kill millions, is, indeed, barmy”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “And then the old Unix command “-spew” would generate faux tabloid headlines like “Romanian brain-bogging create incredible psychic lobster girl! Elvis may be involved!””

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(figurative) A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.

A large number of tabloids are contained in a very small bottle, and only require crushing and dissolving in the stated quantity of water to produce a large volume of solution.
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