Crash Blossom and buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzwords of 2009
Mark Leibovich and Grant Barrett have done another end-of-the-year buzzword catalog for the NYT Week in Review.
A few entries have put in appearances on Language Log (though we don't attempt to chronicle new expressions systematically): crash blossomhttp://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1693....
A few entries have put in appearances on Language Log (though we don't attempt to chronicle new expressions systematically): crash blossomhttp://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1693....
posted by dan at 8:57 PM
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McIntrye wrote a post describing headlines that are "crash blossom." He even leads us to a collection of examples. and to Testy Copy Editors where Nessie3 of Japan coined the name.
Now, I'm seeing headlines like this - Japan Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms - in so many places. Go ahead, read the story and you'll understand why it is such an "infelicitously worded headline."
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