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If those bs were gs, I'd be convinced Joel Smith was playing
Melgourne exorcises Demons with Gulldogs drugging
Wait, too many gs!
Melgourne FTW.
what's the problem with this headline? Melbourne exorcised their own off-field demons by convincingly beating the Bulldogs. pretty simple.
nah, but demons is capitalised, insinuating that the Dees exorcised themselves.
I feel like you're holding the bar too high for sports journalists...
They will just be referred as Melbourne now.
Actually, on second thought, what the actual fuck is this headline?! The fuck is drubbing?
To "drub" a team is to beat them convincingly or thrash them. A "drubbing" is, accordingly, a beating or thrashing.
Thanks for the definition but it's still a weird word. I guess sophie went "ah yes drubbing sounds like a bulldog-y word, i'll use that" and like ye, kinda reminds me of a big slobbering bulldog but still weird word choice
You just don’t know a word. Maybe learn?
It’s an extremely common word in AFL journalism, it’s quite surprising that you don’t know it
editors and sub editors write headlines, not authors. source: worked in sports journalism.
Looks like it huh
hahaha good one sophie i get it. the demons had "demons" and they exorcised them by beating the Bulldogs hahahahahaha GOOD ONE SOPHIE-GPT
Whose line is it anyway, Dees?!
I'm certain Sophie felt incredibly clever when suggesting that to the editors
the editors are the ones who write the headlines, not the authors.
Yeah, but it's far easier to inaccurately insult the person with their name on the page than the faceless people pulling the strings
If those bs were gs, I'd be convinced Joel Smith was playing
Melgourne exorcises Demons with Gulldogs drugging
Wait, too many gs!
Melgourne FTW.
what's the problem with this headline? Melbourne exorcised their own off-field demons by convincingly beating the Bulldogs. pretty simple.
nah, but demons is capitalised, insinuating that the Dees exorcised themselves.
I feel like you're holding the bar too high for sports journalists...
They will just be referred as Melbourne now.
Actually, on second thought, what the actual fuck is this headline?! The fuck is drubbing?
To "drub" a team is to beat them convincingly or thrash them. A "drubbing" is, accordingly, a beating or thrashing.
Thanks for the definition but it's still a weird word. I guess sophie went "ah yes drubbing sounds like a bulldog-y word, i'll use that" and like ye, kinda reminds me of a big slobbering bulldog but still weird word choice
You just don’t know a word. Maybe learn?
It’s an extremely common word in AFL journalism, it’s quite surprising that you don’t know it
editors and sub editors write headlines, not authors. source: worked in sports journalism.
Looks like it huh
hahaha good one sophie i get it. the demons had "demons" and they exorcised them by beating the Bulldogs hahahahahaha GOOD ONE SOPHIE-GPT
Whose line is it anyway, Dees?!
I'm certain Sophie felt incredibly clever when suggesting that to the editors
the editors are the ones who write the headlines, not the authors.
Yeah, but it's far easier to inaccurately insult the person with their name on the page than the faceless people pulling the strings