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Re:EU ombudsman: regulator should have stopped director from... by Angostura on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:54PM (#23156251)
It's a tabloid word but it's chosen primarly for being short.

See also the the old Variety headline about rural movie-goers avoiding films set in rural communities: 'Hicks Nix Sticks Flicks'

It's a throwback to when subs had to get punchy compact headlines on paper and didn't have to worry about SEO

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Re:EU ombudsman: regulator should have stopped director from... by gadders on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @01:07PM (#23156438)
"Book Lack in Ongar" is my favourite.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/26/books.guardian...

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Re:EU ombudsman: regulator should have stopped director from... by Angostura on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:23PM (#23160058)
May favourite was the one that never got used. For years sub-editors hoped that former Labour leader Michael Foot would be put in charge of the organisation overseeing the decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland.

... just so thy could write:

Foot Heads Arms Body

Sadly, it never came to pass.

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