nut graph
In journalism, the nut graph is the paragraph that expresses the main idea of the story or article, shortly after the lead.
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nutgraph
A type of paragraph, used in journalism, that summarizes the background and significance of an event. It generally comes after the lead but before any details, and it explains the context of the event/article to the reader.
Without this nutgraph, I would never have understood the rest of this article. Hell, I wouldn't have bothered to keep reading!
nutgraph by DailyPrincetonian October 7, 2006
A Booger In The Nose Of Progress
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."
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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006
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fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)