Grauniad

English Etymology Deliberate misspelling of en Guardian, coined by the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, implying that the Guardian newspaper was prone to typographical errors. Pronunciation en /ˈɡɹɔːniæd/ /-əd/ Proper noun en UK newspapers humorous The Guardian, a British daily national newspaper. en The Complete Yes Minister Good old Grauniad. 1984 Jonathan Lynn; Antony Jay 137 978-0-563-20665-1 1981 The Right to Know en 2008 Iain Banks https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S6IZKfjkEEAC&pg=PT29&dq=Grauniad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kQjMVMLgE7Lc7QbX34GABQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=Grauniad&f=false Complicity Stop along the road for papers; scan headlines, make sure that no late-breaking story displaced the Vanguard piece and that it's intact (ninety-five percent – a satisfyingly high score), check out Doonesbury in the Grauniad, then away. en 2015-02-24 w:Patrick Kidd Guardian Angels Declare w:The Times 11 Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name. en http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/12/guardian-200-typo-negative-best-worst-grauniad-mistakes Typo negative: the best and worst of Grauniad mistakes over 200 years 2021-05-12 Elisabeth Ribbans The Guardian His appointment marked the start of a daily corrections and clarifications column, a first for a UK newspaper, which has mined a rich seam of typos and other slips for which “the Grauniad” is fondly known. https://web.archive.org/web/20261019173516/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/12/guardian-200-typo-negative-best-worst-grauniad-mistakes 19 October 2026 Derived terms en Graun Anagrams en aadginru Guardian guardian en deliberate misspellings en Nicknames Private Eye