Grauniad

English

Etymology

Deliberate misspelling of Guardian, coined by the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, implying that the Guardian newspaper was prone to typographical errors.

Proper noun

Grauniad

  1. (newspapers, humorous) The Guardian, a British daily national newspaper.
    • 2008, Iain Banks, Complicity:
      Stop along the road for papers; scan headlines, make sure that no late-breaking story displaced the Vanguard piece and that it's intact (ninety-five percent – a satisfyingly high score), check out Doonesbury in the Grauniad, then away.
    • 2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11:
      Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.

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