sob sister

Definition of Sob Sister in English :

1. sob sister

a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sob Sister

noun

a journalist, esp a woman, on a newspaper or magazine who writes articles of sentimental appeal

Slang, Obsolete

a journalist, esp. a woman, who writes sentimental human-interest stories

1. A journalist, especially a woman, employed as a writer or an editor of sob stories.

2. A sentimental, ineffective person who seeks to do good.

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