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"Lick" as an offensive term, you're (kidding) me

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Sweetness, May 23, 2007.

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  1. KG

    KG Active Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    If she found that offensive she'd really hate some that I've used.
     
    KG, May 23, 2007
    #13
  2. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me


    In one of my old jobs, the edict came down that the anchors were not to use the term "dinger."
     
    Lugnuts, May 23, 2007
    #14
  3. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    Several years ago, when one of our high school baseball teams (the Highlanders) won the state championship in baseball, I ran a banner headline (thanks to the suggestion of my dad, Rallen13) that said:

    Highlanders Kilt 'Em

    And we actually got complaints. 1) What did it actually mean? and 2) A belief that I was using a word too close to kill.
     
    alleyallen, May 23, 2007
    #15
  4. joe

    joe Active Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    Lick Bush.
     
    joe, May 23, 2007
    #16
  5. Stop_Pre

    Stop_Pre New Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    I once fielded a call from a reader who was irate that we used the term "kill" in a prep volleyball story. He pointed out that our troops are dying in Iraq and screamed that it was insensitive for us to use that term.
    I didn't ask for his opinion on using the word "blitz" in football stories.
     
    Stop_Pre, May 23, 2007
    #17
  6. awriter

    awriter Active Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    I get offended every time I read a basketball story and see the term "shot."
     
    awriter, May 23, 2007
    #18
  7. WazzuGrad00

    WazzuGrad00 Guest

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    The use of the word "ball" makes me uncomfortable.
     
    WazzuGrad00, May 23, 2007
    #19
  8. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    Pitcher and catcher should go too. As should tight end.
     
    expendable, May 23, 2007
    #20
  9. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    What do you have against a tight end?
     
    Ace, May 23, 2007
    #21
  10. baconboy

    baconboy New Member

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    I draw the line at "Trojans pound Beavers"

    Best headline ever was in the Boston Globe about 10 years ago, following a Bruins-Sabres game:

    "Any way you measure it, Buffalo's Peca is big"

    I think the dude lost his job. I would have given him a promotion.
     
    baconboy, May 23, 2007
    #22
  11. JD Canon

    JD Canon Guest

    Re: "Lick" as an offensive term, you're shitting me

    at my college paper, someone clipped out a headline, i think from the fresno bee (but maybe not) on an interview with a legendary basketball coach:

    "A morning with Wooden."

    It was up on our wall for years.
     
    JD Canon, May 23, 2007
    #23
  12. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Our newsside people got a lot of shit when John Wayne died from cancer and the banner head was: Big C licks Duke
    The shit they got was deserved.
     
    SoCalDude, May 23, 2007
    #24
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