cross-reading
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editcross-reading (plural cross-readings)
- The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
References
edit- “cross-reading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.