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Ooh interesting. It looks like I have either misinterpreted or found a source that misinterpreted (it was a few years back, unsure if I came to the conclusion o
by corobo 2y ago
Ooh interesting. It looks like I have either misinterpreted or found a source that misinterpreted (it was a few years back, unsure if I came to the conclusion or found it). I'll have to update my notes, cheers!
Apologies for the wetbrain hallucination, HN!
- 8372049 2y agoI'm not sure you're hallucinating. The dictionary I checked lists the printing and journalism terms separately. It's quite possible they have diverging etymologies, meaning both can be correct: 5. Print. a. a thick strip of type metal less than type-high. b. such a strip containing a type-high number or other character for temporary use. c. a line of type in one piece, as produced by a Linotype. 8. Journalism. a. a short phrase or title used to indicate the story content of a piece of copy. b. the line of type carrying this information.
- hprotagonist 2y agoor the journalism term itself diverged from the typographic one.
- corobo 2y agoAye this is what it seems to be having double checked the reply's claim Got to the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(publishing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(publishing) which could possibly support the slimy conclusion of "it's a trail through the process" but that article has an etymology section that refers to the metal slug I guess it could mean both depending on whether you're looking for the meaning of the word or the meaning of the concept but I didn't find any other slimy grub references (via an admittedly limited double check)
- hprotagonist 2y agoanother fun etymological rabbit hole for you: stereotype and cliché both probably originated as typographer jargon.