Topic A

English

Proper noun

Topic A

1. (journalism) The main topic of current interest.
   • 1961, National Review, volume 10, page 263:

     A check on Capitol Hill indicates that federal aid to education—not Laos—is Topic A among those who […]

   • 1998, Douglas Gomery, Media in America: The Wilson Quarterly Reader, page 115:

     For the few days a story topic is Topic A, elite members of the subculture rush to shape its most widely accepted connotation.

   • 2004, Kristina Börjesson, Into the Buzzsaw, page 81:

     […] getting rid of Saddam Hussein was "Topic A" ten days after the inauguration — eight months before September 11.

Anagrams

• Capito, atopic, picota, potica