headline news

1. The news of that of which are headline
2. A song by Weird Al

1. Whoa. Dude. Did you see the headline news last night? The news on that informative program can be describe by the adjective "headline!"
2. Whoa. Dude. Did you hear that song "Headline News" by Weird Al? It is such a ripoff of Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm by the Crash Test Dummies.

by Hampikizzel Fo' Shizzel June 1, 2005

Headline Educated

Someone who only reads the news headline without reading the full story and believes they know the full story.

"A story on Reddit says too much sleep can kill you!"
"How?"
"I dunno, I only saw the headline"

"Fucking hell Karen, It's a click. You are so fucking Headline Educated. Go away"

by Mr CeeKay August 8, 2018

Headline Porn

The glorification of basic stories into a few exaggerated lines that make up a headline. It leads to the act of someone just reading the headlines of news stories, and needing just that to get a, mostly false, understanding of the story.

I just read the headlines and now I have a general fear of the world, I'm a headline porn addict.

by GOGPshow March 10, 2020

Headline Bulimia

the uncontrollable urge to regurgitate upon reading negative, disgusting headlines in the news.

" read about the Lord of the Flies behavior in Kabul.....Headline Bulimia hit me..."

by watapama September 3, 2009

Headline Douche

A person who barges in to a conversation and insists that they learned of a major headline before you did.

Jeremy: "Hey did you hear that Ted Kennedy died?"
Liz: "Yes I did. That's very sad."
Rosie: "Yeah, he died last night, that's old news."
Liz: "You are such a headline douche!"

by Mr. Awesome Taint August 26, 2009

Headline Porn

A term used when someone is jaded or jealous of the person of topic.

The politician was annoyed at the other candidate's higher media ratings, he called it headline porn.

Usually said by someone not getting enough head 'time' , clearly..

by Charm Duster October 2, 2016

headline unemployment

(ECONOMICS) Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate). Does not include discouraged workers. Also referred to as "U-3" by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The BLS regularly publishes six estimates of unemployment. The others are U-1, U-3, U-4, U-5, and U-6. Eurostat publishes one monthly estimate of unemployment for the European Union, which is approximately midway between U-3 and U-4.

The unemployment statistics for the USA are collected through a monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) (also known as the household survey) and an establishment survey.

Given the way the government's headline unemployment rate is calculated, it can never reach 14%. This is because the civilian labor force includes only people who are working or have looked for a job in the previous four weeks. When the economy gets really bad (like now), unemployed workers get discouraged and give up looking for jobs. This causes the civilian labor force to decline as fast or faster than total employment.

{Louis Woodhill, "On Track for 14% Unemployment," RealClearMarkets (12 Jan 2010)}

by Abu Yahya July 19, 2010