Comments on: Taboo initialism avoidance

By: This Week’s Language Blog Roundup: Taboo initials, language peeves, and more | Wordnik

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:03:22 +0000

[...] New York Times experienced STFU-gate, about which Arnold Zwicky had a thing or two to say. While The Times doesn’t like certain words, of course it likes others. Meanwhile, [...]

By: ===Dan

===Dan — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:13:32 +0000

Another report about inconsistent treatment:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/08/new-york-times-will-print-lmfao-not-stfu/55631/

By: Taboo initials (cont.) « Arnold Zwicky's Blog

Taboo initials (cont.) « Arnold Zwicky's Blog — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:22:26 +0000

[...] chapter in the saga of taboo avoidance in the NYT. In the last chapter, the paper had moved past its refusal to use avoidance strategies like F*** and the F-word, which [...]

By: arnold zwicky

arnold zwicky — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:58:55 +0000

Cute. I’m sure the paper will have an explanation having to do with the context, with which section of the site these things appear in.

By: ===Dan

===Dan — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:48:48 +0000

The initial was avoided in the NYT here http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/arts/television/14curs.html
but not here http://tv.nytimes.com/episode/4907284/30-Rock/overview .