headline-grabber

English

Noun

headline-grabber (plural headline-grabbers)

  1. (informal) A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.
    • 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian‎:
      ‘Recidivism” – the tendency to reoffend – is a word that is largely confined to criminology lectures, official statistics and the occasional government report. It is not a headline-grabber like “hooligan”, “thug” or “teen gangster”.
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