Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

media darling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: me-di-a -dar-ling
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A celebrity who is especially popular and who receives frequent and very favorable attention in the news media.

Example Sentences

"TV Correspondent Alexander Krutkov became an overnight media darling with his piercing on-the-spot dispatches."
"“[T]he coverage of Obama has been so positive that you have to call him, though I really hate this term, a media darling.”"

Inflected Forms

media darlings (plural)

Questions

What does media darling mean?: A celebrity who is especially popular and who receives frequent and very favorable attention in the news media.

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