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tomorrow's chip paper

noun

Etymology

From the use of old newspaper to wrap fish and chips.

Definitions

  1. Unimportant or ephemeral news

    Unimportant or ephemeral news; a story that will soon be forgotten.

    • There was no Internet in the 1800s and any poor reviews would end up, quite literally, as tomorrow's chip paper, while the more favourable ones would immediately become part of the official press release.
    • After a pause that may have accommodated a small sigh, Tom replies. 'Sorry, but it's useful for people.' Then his voice becomes exaggeratedly friendly. 'Don't worry, tomorrow's chip paper and all that.'
    • 'People will be more interested in that than in anything Denny Hinckley writes. His articles will be tomorrow's chip paper.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tomorrow's chip paper. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA