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Banner Headline

Large text indicating the story of the article below. Typically articles unrelated to the main article are contained within the banner headline.

"Ugh, what's that behind your hand there?"
"Oh, that's an unrelated article"
"An unrelated article?"
<nods>
"...within the banner headline?"
"Yes"

by JimmyLancashire July 5, 2018


headline news

1. The news of that of which are headline
2. A song by Weird Al

1. Whoa. Dude. Did you see the headline news last night? The news on that informative program can be describe by the adjective "headline!"
2. Whoa. Dude. Did you hear that song "Headline News" by Weird Al? It is such a ripoff of Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm by the Crash Test Dummies.

by Hampikizzel Fo' Shizzel May 27, 2005

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Headline Porn

The glorification of basic stories into a few exaggerated lines that make up a headline. It leads to the act of someone just reading the headlines of news stories, and needing just that to get a, mostly false, understanding of the story.

I just read the headlines and now I have a general fear of the world, I'm a headline porn addict.

by GOGPshow March 10, 2020


Headline Educated

Someone who only reads the news headline without reading the full story and believes they know the full story.

"A story on Reddit says too much sleep can kill you!"
"How?"
"I dunno, I only saw the headline"

"Fucking hell Karen, It's a click. You are so fucking Headline Educated. Go away"

by Mr CeeKay August 9, 2018


Headline Bulimia

the uncontrollable urge to regurgitate upon reading negative, disgusting headlines in the news.

" read about the Lord of the Flies behavior in Kabul.....Headline Bulimia hit me..."

by watapama September 3, 2009

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Headline Douche

A person who barges in to a conversation and insists that they learned of a major headline before you did.

Jeremy: "Hey did you hear that Ted Kennedy died?"
Liz: "Yes I did. That's very sad."
Rosie: "Yeah, he died last night, that's old news."
Liz: "You are such a headline douche!"

by Mr. Awesome Taint August 26, 2009

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Headline Porn

A term used when someone is jaded or jealous of the person of topic.

The politician was annoyed at the other candidate's higher media ratings, he called it headline porn.

Usually said by someone not getting enough head 'time' , clearly..

by Charm Duster September 27, 2016

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