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
- (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.
- 2008, Iain Banks, Complicity:
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