Hi, everybody. Today I'm going to be having a look at The Sun, one of the fine contributions
to U.K. publishing. We're going to be looking at terms, words that are used in a tabloid.
A "tabloid" is a small newspaper that opens like this. We're looking at use for journalistic
terms used in the U.K. press. Lovely. Lovely. I hope you enjoy my words that I'm going to
be giving to you today. Make sure that as we're going along, you practice saying them,
too. I don't want you sitting there, like this. That's no good. You're going to say
the words back to me. Okay?
So, on page number seven, I read about an "Obsessive Mum and Dad". Look at them, they're
talking about their little child. They're really thinking about what they should do
with the child. They are "helicopter parents". Okay? They have a lot of money. Right? And
they can afford to give anything to their child, but they think a bit too much about
that child. We call them "helicopter parents". Yeah? Great.
Now, I turn to page 11, and it's this person, Ulrika Jonsson, and she is showing me some
arguments. Now, she makes a good point about Miley Cyrus, and she goes: "Boom!" Okay? If
you're having a bit... A bit of a conversation with a friend and you win the argument, you
go: "Boom!" Okay? It's an exclamation mark to show that you won the argument. This is
an exclamation mark. You're shouting out. "Ex", out, "clamo", the Latin word "to shout".
Yeah, I'm a bit of a boffin; clever person.
Now, I turn to page, I think it was 12, and I'm reading all about the economy, and the
"EU is in trouble". The European Union, right? So, what do we call it? "Eurageddon". Okay?
All this language, it's exaggerated. Yeah? It's silly language. We make it like a disaster
movie, because bad news sells. "Eurageddon", obviously we get that from Armageddon, end
of the world, the EU in trouble.
Now, some poor girl's got bitten by a dog. Where was she? But look at the use of verb.
We say that she's been "mauled". Yeah? A "savage" is like a wild person. The dog has savaged
her so much she's got blood bursting out. [Roars] Yeah? Savage, mauled. It's... You
know, she's actually just been bitten by a dog, but you know, we exaggerate. These are
strong verbs. Strong, yeah, strong.
Oh, dear, there's a man wearing tights. Good thing he's called David Beckham. What do we
call these "man tights"? We call them "mantyhose". Yeah, that is the correct word for "man tights".
Not quite sure where... Why Becks is wearing them here, but there we are. Becks, mantyhose.
So, some people have been criticising David Beckham's choice of man tights, here. In fact,
they've been "slamming" them. Yeah? Because The Sun likes to exaggerate. Yeah? So it's
slamming it. Yeah? It's not just saying: "Becks, not a very appropriate choice of underwear."
They've slammed it. Slam, yeah? You slam the door, that's how badly they've criticised it.
They've said he's a little bit different, but they haven't just said: "He's a little
bit different", they've called him a "loony". Yeah? That's really rude to call someone a
loony. He's completely mad.
And the new launch, okay? It didn't go very well, so they don't just say that it "went
badly", something can go badly or it can go well; they say that it "flopped". Yeah? It
flopped. So we could talk about this the opening weekend of a film, the premiere of a film,
and it flopped. Okay? No one went to go and see the film.
And if I look on page 15, if I remember correctly, we have a "1st time that the story has been
told", yeah? "Revenge Slayer", okay? So this is a "world exclusive". "World exclusive"
means the first time it has been told. Okay? It's just a... Sort of, again, exaggerate.
It sounds really important: A world exclusive.
"Showing off his legs" in a photo, we call that a "legbombing". See this lucky lady,
here, she's showing off her legs, she's sticking in her legs, she's legbombing. We're not talking
about... We're not talking about a bomb, okay? We're talking about the surprise caused by
showing a bit of leg. Uh-oh.
Now, if I turn to page three, I see a bit of a "stunner". Okay? So, "stunner" is a word
for "good looking".
Now, what I want you to do is become a bit of a "boffin", a "clever person", and go to
the quiz, and get 10 out of 10. And never buy this newspaper. Thank you. You'll become
much more of a boffin if you read a slightly more intellectual newspaper. Thank you very
much for watching today. We've had an obsessive Mum or Dad; a helicopter parent. "Boom!" You're
going to win your arguments. EU in trouble, we hope not, but if it is, it's Eurageddon.
I hope you subscribe to my YouTube channel, thanks for watching today, and really go out
there, read some English papers. You can get them online as well, if you're not in the
U.K. So, keep reading, keep learning. Until next time,
see you later.