doorstop

1. (humorous) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.Examples: "Meanwhile, all the Democrats had to put forward that year was a doorstop called Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill."; "Walter Isaacson’s insight-free doorstop makes at least one thing clear: the richest man in the world has a lot of growing up to do[.]"humorous

2. (British, proscribed, nonstandard) Eggcorn of doorstep.Britishnonstandardproscribed

3. (Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.Examples: "And television dominates this place — just look at Beazley tossing around cans of tomato soup at his morning doorstops outside Parliament House."; "The six o′clock news was regarded as the pivotal point in the day. As the news was beginning, often the Premier would make himself available for a doorstop press conference."; "It was estimated, for example, that Treasurer Wayne Swan had given more than 250 interviews and doorstops by the end of his first year in office."Australia