Definitions

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  • noun informal A journalist.

Etymologies

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From journalist +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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Examples

  • What do you have to do in journo-land to have a conflict of interest?

    Judith Litella? « BuzzMachine 2005

  • A chairman calls a journo's private phone line, leaves a private voice mail and presumes it's all confidential.

    CJR 2010

  • Funny, crass, vulgar and able to move vertically through the different stratifications of society thanks to the all-potent press pass, the journo was the only subversive capable of roaming the American landscape, and he was the only one able to defend the little guy against the Goliath of corporate greed.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • Funny, crass, vulgar and able to move vertically through the different stratifications of society thanks to the all-potent press pass, the journo was the only subversive capable of roaming the American landscape, and he was the only one able to defend the little guy against the Goliath of corporate greed.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • I click on the Man U page and get the ramblings of a former bitter, a so called journo who probably missed the pertinent crap that Tevez came out with all summer. 3 years in England and the guy still can't speak ANY English do interviews etc One reason he was shown the door was the inability to grow into the Man U family a la Anderson,

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2009

  • Funny, crass, vulgar and able to move vertically through the different stratifications of society thanks to the all-potent press pass, the journo was the only subversive capable of roaming the American landscape, and he was the only one able to defend the little guy against the Goliath of corporate greed.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • Yet another local "journo" is on the attack against Councilmember Bernard Parks.

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • Yet another local "journo" is on the attack against Councilmember Bernard Parks.

    Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Friday 2009

  • Marc Cooper becomes the latest "journo" to go bitter man on his former employer.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • That said, what this young "journo" said to cover her ass on this was ridiculous: "Is that how you do it in the States?"

    The Reporter Who Launched The "Monster" Story Speaks... 2009

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