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“oscars tv killing girl in iraq bus”

Bizzare headlines, such as “Mexican To Be Sold In Nuclear Deal” and “North Korea Found Garrotted In Bus” are either coming from parallel dimensions, or are the algorithmically mashed-up results of robot-trawling this dimension’s top news stories. I like NewZoid.

Update: “Army Charges Seven Paratroopers for Sex on Gay Site” belongs on NewZoid, but is real. (warning:AVN hosts NSFW ads)

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  1. OtherMichael3/09/2006 7:08 AM

    STOP (AB)USING THE WORD 'MASH-UP' CORY.

    This is nearly as bad as referring to special icings as "Cake-Mods."

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  2. bwana3/09/2006 8:56 AM

    Oh, come /on/. This is a lot closer to being a type of mashup than a any cake is.

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  3. OtherMichael3/10/2006 1:28 AM

    You're applying a retronym. Algorithmic text manipulation existed for years (nay -- DECADES) before musical mashups came to fore.

    And if you think retronyms are cool (outside of a philological standpoint) I've got a duct-tape trucker's cap I'd like to sell you, ironically.

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  4. bwana3/10/2006 10:40 AM

    Can I pay for it from my duct-tape wallet?

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