Catching a buzz
While the term “buzzword” often refers to catchy or industry-relevant phrases, I am here referring to the phrases and words that become detached from their meaning and lose their impact.
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Tag Archives: copy desk blog
Chewing on ‘corny’
Slang: sometimes its use in publication is lit, but other times it gets wack, and, shall we say, corny? Maybe we should not.
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The newspaper’s goalie: delivering on defense
From fourth to 11th grade, I took a fervent, sweaty pride in being the goalkeeper for my school’s soccer team. I grew used to gaining little credit for doing something right but bearing the brunt of the responsibility for doing something wrong.
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Rotten groceries
Extraneous apostrophes have always mystified me.
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