“North East West South Past And Present Event Report” (“newspaper” backronym)

“News” is not an acronym of “North, East, West, South” or “Notable Events, Weather and Sports,” “Newspaper” is also not from “North East West South Past And Present Event Report,” although this backronym (back acronym) has been popular.
 
“NEWS PAPER: North East West South Past And Present Event Report (Media) - http://www.abbr.com/NEWS PAPER” was posted on X/Twitter by Abbreviations.com on January 17, 2011.
 
 
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Abbreviations.com
@justadded
NEWS PAPER: North East West South Past And Present Event Report (Media) - http://www.abbr.com/NEWS PAPER
3:51 AM · Jan 17, 2011
 
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Kittu
@Solicitous_dua
full form of news paper (news- north,east ,west ,south and paper stands for past and present event report)
1:10 PM · Apr 21, 2011
 
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lets do it:-)
@anoopgreat
What is the full form of newspaper ?
The full
form of NEWSPAPER is north east
west south past and present event report.
2:57 AM · Jul 26, 2012
 
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Shoutbox_txtWeb
@shoutbox_txtweb
north east west south past and present event report fulform of nwspapr-dimple #55444in
10:38 AM · Aug 31, 2013
 
PolitiFact
No, ‘newspaper’ isn’t an acronym for ‘north, east, west, south, past and present event report’
By Samantha Putterman
September 18, 2019
 
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Sridhar Ramesh
@RadishHarmers
The first question in this AI ad is “What does newspaper stand for?” and the provided answer is “Newspaper is an abbreviation that stands for North, East, West, South, Past And Present Event Report”.
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Darth Powell
@VladTheInflator
Mar 15
Why even go to college
2:10 PM · Mar 16, 2025
   
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Asher Blaze
@RealAsherBlaze
At work today, someone tried telling me that “newspaper” is an acronym for “notable events, weather, sports, past and present event report”.
The offices upstairs HEARD me roll my eyes. 🙄
1:20 PM · Apr 10, 2025
 
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The Alopecian Assassin
@CoachWallz
NEWSPAPER: North, East, West, South, Past and Present Event Report. You are welcome
8:25 PM · Apr 13, 2025