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A newspaper name that sounds official so it doesn't have to be.
means A newspaper or official publication, often one with government notices or formal announcements.
from Traces back to the Italian gazzetta, likely named after a small Venetian coin — the gazeta — that was the price of admission to read or hear the news-sheet aloud in 16th-century Venice. Some say the coin bore a magpie (gazza), chattering bird that it was, but that's the folksier, shakier version. From Venice the word spread through French and into English, picking up its air of officialdom along the way.
- origin
- From gazzetta, a Venetian coin that bought the paper
- usage
- Often used by small-town papers for extra gravitas
- official use
- Still the literal term for government record publications
- vibe
- Implies horse-drawn carriages even when covering city council