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Just in case you missed this take-off on Variety Slanguage.
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VARIETY WRITERS SLING THE SLANGUAGE (2:07) Writer's meeting
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VARIETY WRITERS SLING THE SLANGUAGE (video)
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A Day in the Life of 'Variety'
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Thanks to
Anne Thompson at Variety for sharing
this hilarious, astute video from
Funny or Die. Maybe you don't read a lot of
Variety, but the legendary trade has a very particular writing style, calling an
actor "thesp" for thespian, and abbreviating studio names (Paramount becomes
"Par"), and so forth. It is as endearing as it is infuriating.
This video is a brainstorming meeting about new Variety
slanguage, that very specific shorthand that ...
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