Etymology

Noun

1. A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.

Adjective

1. Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
   • 2009/05/08, William Safire, Choice or Necessity

     The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations.