"journo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: journos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəʊ Etymology: From journalist + -o (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|journalist|o|gloss2=diminutive suffix}} journalist + -o (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} journo (plural journos)
  1. (UK, Australia, informal) A journalist. Tags: Australia, UK, informal Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (a journalist): journaleux [masculine] (French), gratte-papier [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003, USA International Business Publications, Afghanistan Business Law Handbook, page 254",
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          "text": "2004, Pam Austin, Bob Austin, Getting Free Publicity: The Secrets of Successful Press Relations, How To Books, Oxford, page 8,\nAnd we hope that all women journos will forgive us if, in these pages, we use the word ‘he’ as shorthand for ‘he/she’ when referring to members of the Fourth Estate."
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          "text": "2007, Sara Voorhees, The Lumière Affair: A Novel of Cannes, Simon & Schuster, New York, page 22,\nTV journos consider print journos to be snobs who write for other print journos (and are therefore read by a Lilliputian portion of the population). Print journos believe TV journos to be cretins who are worshipped blindly by the lowest common denominator."
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          "text": "2008 August 11, Namrata Joshi, Movie Review: Mission Istaanbul, Outlook, page 80,\nHis nubile wife (Shriya Saran), also a TV journo, calls him names like “mouthpiece of terrorists”."
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