Grey Lady

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Etymology[edit]

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun[edit]

the Grey Lady

  1. The New York Times.

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barry Popik (2004 July 18) “Gray Lady/Grey Lady; Paper of Record; All the News That’s Fit to Print (New York Times)”, in The Big Apple‎[1], retrieved 2021-09-12: “"Old Gray Lady" dates, at least, from the 1950s. […] The name does not come from a unique color of newsprint.”
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