Lobster Law

A New England Law of Journalese requires that all headlines or stories about lobsters include the word “claw.” This law was dutifully  followed by the Boston Sunday Globe, Dec 3, 2017, in a front-page story headlined: “Lobster catch crashes, as ocean waters warm.”  The subhead: “In southern New England, little hope that population will claw it’s way back.”

File under:  Global warming is getting serious!

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