relay column; rotating column
A newspaper or magazine column where each installment is written by a different contributor, passing the baton like a relay race. Wasei-eigo; not used in English.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from relay column
This newspaper's relay column is written by a different author every week.
Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used for clarity.
Wasei-eigo from English 'relay' and 'column', referring to a column passed from one writer to another like a relay baton.