fish wrap
Yesterday's worthless news
Fish wrap is dismissive slang for a newspaper, suggesting it's only good for wrapping fish.
The term implies the publication is low-quality, unreliable, or destined for the garbage: That fish wrap isn't worth reading.
Sometimes used self-deprecatingly by journalists about their own papers.
- ragWorn piece of fabric
- printTransfer text to paper
- disposabilityMeant to be discarded
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- butcher paperHeavy food-wrapping paper
ephemeral · editorial · tabloid · fishwrap · slang · pamphlet · idiom · trash talk · yellow journalism · kraft paper · nostalgia · clickbait · sensationalism · breaking news · news cycle · yesterday's news · old news · op-ed
fish wrapThe New York Times
Leading American newspaper
broadsheet · investigative journalism · The Washington Post · The Guardian · hard news
fish wraphistorical document
Record from earlier times
primary source · collector's item · first edition · rare book · manuscript
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