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P7BinSD t1_ivth0q6 wrote

Is there an award for incoherent titles?

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Syssareth t1_ivtj9j0 wrote

"Cops to" means "admits". It's coherent if you know what it means, but it's still awkward in a headline because it's slang.

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P7BinSD t1_ivtjeqj wrote

No one talks like that.

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Thisisnowmyname t1_ivtjqwv wrote

Just because you've never heard it doesn't mean people don't use it lol

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SanctimoniousApe t1_ivtnbi4 wrote

Because you're the authority on English-speakers the world over. 🙄

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P7BinSD t1_ivtnfro wrote

Name checks out.

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SanctimoniousApe t1_ivtnvnf wrote

Yep, never heard that one before. Now go read my profile to see what it's about. Maybe you'll learn something about yourself (admittedly unlikely).

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AdoggeWokePupper t1_ivzvpsf wrote

It’s similar to using “seldom” instead of “rarely”.

“I seldom use the word “seldom” to refer to doing things rarely.”

If you ask me, I think it sounds terribly lousy.

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atticdoor t1_iwhwfir wrote

Plus, in that particular sentence it ends up leading you down the garden path. You see "Woman cops to..." and you think it's about to be something that female police officers are about to do. "Woman cops to strike in Philadelphia after unequal pay dispute." The admits to meaning is used much less than the police officer meaning.

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weirdgroovynerd t1_ivtom79 wrote

The title was awesome.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the story is even better.

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Ok-Row-6131 t1_ivxw4et wrote

Reading the title: "what the fuck"

Reading the article: "WHAT THE FUCK"

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ash_274 t1_ivvglqy wrote

You could rearrange the words, like magnetic poetry, and create so many other interesting titles

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