announceable

English

Etymology

From announce +‎ -able.

Adjective

announceable (comparative more announceable, superlative most announceable)

1. Able to be announced.
   • 1978, Maxine Klein, Theatre for the 98%, page 57:

     The pilot with all the self-assurance in the world walks down the aisle enters the cockpit and announces their destination, altitude, and whatever else is announceable.

Noun

announceable (plural announceables)

1. (informal) A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.
   • 2007, Warren Kinsella, The War Room, page 38:

     I was in Don's office to talk about the day's “announceables,” as we called them — on that day, the things Ontario Liberal Party Leader Dalton McGuinty was saying about health care.