Grey Lady

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since at 1951.[1] The term is unrelated to the color of the newspaper.[1]

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Proper noun

the Grey Lady

  1. The New York Times.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barry Popik (18 July 2004) “Gray Lady/Grey Lady; Paper of Record; All the News That’s Fit to Print (New York Times)”, in The Big Apple‎[1], retrieved 12 September 2021: “"Old Gray Lady" dates, at least, from the 1950s. […] The name does not come from a unique color of newsprint.”
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