Today on WSOCTV.com, the website affiliated with my favorite local news:
Friends, Family Attend Funeral Of Slained ChildrenSLAINED!?
Slained isn't a word according to Dictionary.com or answers.com. It, however, is a word according to urbandictionary.com:
1. slained:
another word for seksy, and hawt
I saw that girl bunnie yesterday, she was pretty slained
metty is so not slained
I'm thinking that Channel 9 didn't intend to call the deceased children "seksy" or "hawt."
It bothered me so much that I actually emailed the station. How's THAT for having an OCD inner-critic! I'm pretty sure that this qualifies me as insane.
(For the record, I ONLY watch channel nine news, ever. The rest suck. And I trust them with their facts, but you writer types know where I'm coming from right? I mean, I'm not alone with my psychoses am I?)
lol...nope, you're not the only one. How're you doing, sweetie? *hug* glad you did it too. The news is suppose to be informed and to inform. Guess they were on the clueless side today.
ReplyDeleteE, I think you were absolutely right to contact the station. That's an extra bad place to make an error. Their copy editor must have been in the john.
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