English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of Tory +‎ telegraph, from the newspaper's political leanings; popularised by Private Eye magazine.

Proper noun edit

Torygraph

  1. (UK, derogatory, informal) The Telegraph newspaper.
    • 1993, David Hare, Lyn Haill, Asking around, page 169:
      I thought, I'm not going to do my spring boxes and give a picture to the bloody Torygraph.