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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Stop press

English answer:

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Added to glossary by B D Finch
Sep 9, 2019 10:32
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English term

Stop press

English Other Media / Multimedia Electronic media
"Stop press" is sometimes printed next to an article in a newspaper to indicate that this is very recent news and was added after the rest of the newspaper had been printed.
I was wondering if there was a similar expression more suitable for 21st century non-print media, such as online blogs and websites and things like that. All suggestions welcome.
Responses
4 +1 Latest!
4 +6 breaking news
Change log

Sep 9, 2019 11:04: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other"

Sep 15, 2019 17:14: B D Finch Created KOG entry

Discussion

Björn Vrooman Sep 10, 2019:
@B D Finch Since "stop press" is British English, I was trying to figure out (a) whether there is an American term for that and (b) how often it is being used.

When I first saw this question, I was caught flat-footed because I wasn't sure I had seen this word before (even though I used to read the "Grauniad" and USA Today).

Who knows, someone else may want to look this up later.

Case in point: I was curious about British usage of the cedilla in words such as facade (in US English, the lack of this diacritical mark has never been an issue). Even though the asker didn't award points, I thought your answer posted at https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english/government-politics/43422... was extremely helpful, so thanks for that!

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Björn Vrooman Sep 9, 2019:
@Neil Pt. 2 Hmm, trying to see whether I don't misunderstand you, since you now said events, etc. (forgive me, stop the press is a British term, so I'm not that familiar with it).

Could you possibly mean something like this
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/what-s-o...
or this
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/hot-...
?

Twitter example for the second one:
https://twitter.com/RoseVillaTavern/status/79498422681491456...

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheBellTowerNashville/posts/hot-off...

"Latest" works too, ofc.

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philgoddard Sep 9, 2019:
As well as Björn's suggestions, you can say "This just in".
Björn Vrooman Sep 9, 2019:
PS If it's about adding things to an article, you'll see something like the following:
"This article was updated to reflect new developments."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/arts/television/the-case-...

Or "Update [Today]:"
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/may/24/spendi...

As for corrections, something like this:
"An earlier version of this story stated that Pothoven died with the help of doctors after a request to be euthanized. It's now become known that her request for anesthesia was refused, and her cause of death remains unknown."
https://de-de.facebook.com/KCTV5/posts/10157085764995470

(Ignore the de in the link adress; it's an American news outlet.)

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Björn Vrooman Sep 9, 2019:
@Neil "...such as online blogs and websites and things like that..."

Because of a 24-hour news cycle and various editing functions, this may be pretty much obsolete.

The only thing I know of is "Breaking," followed by a colon, for the most recent news reports, usually in the form of a banner. Take a quick look here before it's gone:
https://www.flintcreekcourier.com/blog/categories/breaking-n...

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Responses

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Latest!

Another possiblity.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-09-09 15:10:33 GMT)
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It's what the Grauniad uses (without the exclamation mark).
Note from asker:
Cheers, this might work.
Peer comment(s):
agree Björn Vrooman : I'll go with yours, since I can't see how breaking fits with conferences, etc. While "stop the presses" can be used in the US, it's rare. For example, see this NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/05/27/stop-the-pr... // See d-box.
7 hrs
Thanks Björn. However, I don't see what "stop press" not being an American usage has to do with this question. It is common British usage and the Asker wants an alternative that fits their particular context.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "@Björn: The query is not about "stop the presses", but the header "Stop Press", commonly used in print media to announce breaking news or the latest "hot poop". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_press"
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10 mins

breaking news

stop press => breaking news

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Note added at 11 mins (2019-09-09 10:43:18 GMT)
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break·ing news
noun
plural noun: breaking news

newly received information about an event that is currently occurring or developing.
"some breaking news now of a rescue situation in California"

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Note added at 7 hrs (2019-09-09 17:56:55 GMT)
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>Asker: The thing is that it's not always "news", but plugs for events like conferences, training courses, sporting competitions....

breaking news still works for those also
Note from asker:
The thing is that it's not always "news", but plugs for events like conferences, training courses, sporting competitions....
Peer comment(s):
agree Mark Robertson
3 mins
thank you
agree Sheila Wilson
12 mins
thank you
agree philgoddard : Or just 'breaking".
21 mins
thank you
agree Aline Amorim
55 mins
thank you
agree Clauwolf
7 hrs
thank you
agree AJ Ablooglu
1 day 2 hrs
thank you
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