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means A small-format newspaper (or a style of news generally) built around short, punchy stories, big headlines, and a taste for scandal and celebrity over careful reporting.

from Ironically, it starts in medicine, not media. 'Tabloid' was a trademarked word coined in the late 1800s by a pharmaceutical company for its compressed, concentrated drug tablets — a 'tabloid' was a small pill packing a big dose. The word drifted into general use to mean anything compressed or condensed, and by the early 1900s it was being applied to newspapers printed in a smaller, more compact format with short, concentrated stories rather than the full broadsheet spread. The compact size came first; the reputation for compact scruples came later, as tabloid papers leaned into brevity, sensation, and screaming headlines to win readers.