Journalese Quotes

I am mimetic. If I write a book set in the seventeenth century, I write in a Baroque style. If I'm writing a book set in a newspaper office, I write in Journalese. (Umberto Eco)
PRESIDE, v. To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument as, 'He presided at the piccolo.' View quote
Ambrose Bierce