tabloid-ready, tabloid fodder, shut down

Scandal Shifts Britain’s Media and Political Landscape

By SARAH LYALL 37 minutes ago

An arrest seems imminent for The News of the World’s once politically influential former editor after the Murdochs announced plans to shut down the tabloid.

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tabloid

(tăb'loid')
n.
A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.

adj.

1. In summary form; condensed.
2. Lurid or sensational.

[From tabloid journalism, from Tabloid, trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form.]

tabloidism tab'loid'ism n.(rĕd'ē)


ready
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.
2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.
3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.
4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.
5. Available: ready money.

tr.v., read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies.
To cause to be ready.

idioms:

at the ready

1. Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready.

make ready

1. To make preparations.

[Middle English redy, from Old English rǣde.]

readiness read'i·ness n.




fodder
(fŏd'ər)
n.

1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
2. Raw material, as for artistic creation.
3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply: romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.

tr.v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.
To feed with fodder.

[Middle English, from Old English fōdor.]