Crustaceans and curved yellow fruit law.

Faithfully following the Journalese Law of the Curved Yellow Fruit (aka banana), reporters and editors dare not use the word “lobster” twice in a sentence. Associated Press, on May 10, 2017, had this lede: “PORTLAND, Maine — New restrictions are coming to southern New England’s lobster fishery in an attempt to save the area’s population of the crustaceans, which has dwindled as waters have warmed.”

A few days earlier, Boston’s WBZ radio news added an adjective, identifying the lobsters as “valuable crustaceans.” This is to distinguish them from worthless crustaceans.
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