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Is "graf" an actual term for a paragraph? Or is this some new Californian thing I haven't noticed?
by FeelsGoodMan69 15y ago
Is "graf" an actual term for a paragraph? Or is this some new Californian thing I haven't noticed?
- tptacek 15y agoGoogle [graf hed lede]. I use them, as I think many other people do, because they're very easy to type, and you knew what it meant without being told. "Tk" also another great journalism shortcut; it's like "XXX" in code --- easy to search for and fix later. I'm in Chicago.
- FeelsGoodMan69 15y agoInteresting, I'd never heard of anything like this. Thanks!
- MaysonL 15y agoIt's long-time journalistic slang for paragraph.
- look_lookatme 15y agoI pretty much only see it in editorial communication in my day job -- rarely do I see it something like a comment on a site like YC. Sort of feel like it's distracting, but whatever, not a big deal, I guess some people like the sound of it.
- mbenjaminsmith 15y agoYes, as in nut graf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_graph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_graph