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Sooo, “fetus” is a word dangerous enough that it requires a 350 word explainer article to accompany it?
by happyopossum 4y ago
Sooo, “fetus” is a word dangerous enough that it requires a 350 word explainer article to accompany it?
- justinsaccount 4y agoSometimes it's just not a good time for "fetus" and removing it is the easiest solution.
- xracy 4y agoThis was an A+ comment.
- phailhaus 4y agoIt's not dangerous, it's just bad timing. It makes it look like NYT "chose" that word because of the recent ruling and is making a political statement, even though it's totally random.
- slowmovintarget 4y agoIt isn't random, it's just word 333 in the list of words to use, and it's been on the list for a while.
- karencarits 4y agoI am surprised that they are not stating the word explicitly, only vaguely as "closely connected to a major recent news event" ("He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" comes to mind as an association) Edit: the wording was updated to be more constructive
- doctorhandshake 4y agoThey’re trying not to spoil the puzzle?
- josephcsible 4y agoThat'd be a reason to not mention the replacement word, but they could have mentioned the one they removed.
- doctorhandshake 4y agoThe article states that some players will still see the one they removed, which is the problematically-timed word in question.
- josephcsible 4y agoBut players who read this article will know to force-refresh to get their replacement word.
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- jorpal 4y agoMy wife was using fetus as her first guess throughout most of her pregnancy, in honor of the fetus. Baby is 1 month old now, and the first guess preference has changed. Too bad this word didn’t come earlier, she would have got it first guess!