Fleet Street

Etymology

From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfliːt ˌstɹiːt/

Proper noun

Fleet Street

1. A street in Westminster that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand, formerly the centre of English journalism.
2. (by extension) English journalism or journalists as a group.
   • 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:

     We will know soon enough whether Cameron's was a masterly piece of nerve keeping, or the fatal blunder that broke the union of 1707. In 2012, Salmond gave some listeners the impression that devo max is what he really wanted. Whatever the outcome, Fleet Street's introspective pundits will say: "I told you so", and make dire predictions for the future, which are likely to be off the mark.