That is to say he emphasizes what he wishes — whereas the newspaper correspondent writes in cablese — then has his copy edited, maybe rewritten and then pub1ished under a bank of headlines in which he has no say. From Wordnik.com. [CBS: The Power and the Profits] Reference
He should be fired for his uber-hyperbolic cablese. From Wordnik.com. [Was The Media Unfair To Hillary? Here's Our Rundown.] Reference
Note: The original written in cablese, i.e., Borne brunt in defense Rangoon comma Burma and Yunnan. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Empress] Reference
The article was titled A-Twitter and it compared Twitter to a form of abbreviated communication used by foreign correspondents in the first half of the 20th century called cablese. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
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