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tick-tock noun. A news story that recounts events in chronological order.

Example Citation:
"I sat in a maple chair by the president's phone, taking notes for the 'tick-tock' accounts of the decision-making process that all the major newspapers would be writing that night."
—George Stephanopoulos, All Too Human

Related Words:
beat sweetener
bummer beat
horse-race journalism
thumbsucker

Subject Category:
Culture - Media and Journalism

Posted on October 31, 1997 at 8:11 AM
Updated on October 31, 1997 at 8:11 AM


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