Comments on: The Shadow Editors: Wordplay Most Fouled: How Not to Write a Headline http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline Seriously, this could not be more beta Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Frolic http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-37370 Frolic Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:08 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-37370 You mean like "The United States of Arugula"? You mean like "The United States of Arugula"?

]]> By: capbozo http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-37087 capbozo Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:23:04 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-37087 Calamari emptor! Calamari emptor!

]]> By: slinkimalinki http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-37046 slinkimalinki Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:44:15 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-37046 you take that back! i'm sure he's a genuine ursid, not some stinkin' koala. you take that back! i'm sure he's a genuine ursid, not some stinkin' koala.

]]> By: Mary HK Choi http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-37044 Mary HK Choi Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:40:23 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-37044 Here's cooking at you, squid is so my new away message. Here's cooking at you, squid is so my new away message.

]]> By: garge http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36972 garge Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:13:00 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36972 Ah, but koalas aren't bears ... or maybe that DOES explain so much. Bear envy. Ah, but koalas aren't bears … or maybe that DOES explain so much. Bear envy.

]]> By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36969 DorothyMantooth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:05:49 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36969 Balk is secretly a koala? This explains <i>so much</i>. Balk is secretly a koala?
This explains so much.

]]> By: Matt http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36956 Matt Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:52:36 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36956 I see what you did there? I see what you did there?

]]> By: Eureka Street http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36950 Eureka Street Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:47:32 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36950 My favorites are when the replacement words get a laugh for rhyming and everything, but make the new phrase meaningless. Like someone in a review a seafood festival writing something like, "Here's cooking at you, squid." Well, okay, I made that one up. But they do exist. My favorites are when the replacement words get a laugh for rhyming and everything, but make the new phrase meaningless. Like someone in a review a seafood festival writing something like, "Here's cooking at you, squid."

Well, okay, I made that one up. But they do exist.

]]> By: barnhouse http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36948 barnhouse Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:45:18 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36948 The real problem with it is that you don't lust "in," you lust "for" or "after." The real problem with it is that you don't lust "in," you lust "for" or "after."

]]> By: jolie http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36947 jolie Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:44:58 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36947 Oh my God it makes me laugh and laugh. But that's mostly because I picture Balk sitting on the floor in the corner of the ApartOffice, sniffling and chewing on the leaves of Choire's ficus tree. And also because I'm so mean. Oh my God it makes me laugh and laugh. But that's mostly because I picture Balk sitting on the floor in the corner of the ApartOffice, sniffling and chewing on the leaves of Choire's ficus tree. And also because I'm so mean.

]]> By: Tulletilsynet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36945 Tulletilsynet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:40:43 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36945 This is so true, carve it on your doorposts. However, this kind of fall-on-your-face dumbness is still not as bad as those NY Times heads that are too long to say without stopping to take a breath and still don't manage to get the point across. This is so true, carve it on your doorposts.

However, this kind of fall-on-your-face dumbness is still not as bad as those NY Times heads that are too long to say without stopping to take a breath and still don't manage to get the point across.

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/the-shadow-editors-wordplay-most-fouled-how-not-to-write-a-headline#comment-36940 mathnet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:36:46 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=18020#comment-36940 It's starting to make me sad that you guys leave Balk out of everything. :( One Is Scocca And The Other's Old It's starting to make me sad that you guys leave Balk out of everything. :(

One Is Scocca And The Other's Old

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