| Journalists use short words to write headlines. Sometimes they
string them together to create a compound adjective: Poppy Cash Theft Couple Are Caught on Camera,
Met Denies MP Probe “Trick” Claim. Beware of using headline
words in copy.
act aid aim balk
ban bid blast blaze boost cap curb cut din draw due ease ebb eye (v) fix flap flay
foe fray hike hit howl ire irk jam jar key kin lash mar
mull mum nab nip pit pledge post probe pry raid rap rid rip rout row set to shelve slam slap slash spat spur stir stun talks tie tiff toll tout try up
vet vie vow weigh whip
yank
Genuine (mostly) silly headlines
Pole seals walk treble (I have forgotten what this story was about. Arctic seals walk three abreast? More people are hiking to see seals?)
Man who Popularized Steel
Hatch Cover Dies (Famous dull headline.)
Fog in Channel – Continent
Cut Off
Man Not Responsible for
Global Warming (I bet he's relieved.)
Crushed Kurds
Give Way (From the Guardian, early 70s.)
Fish and Flash
Were Nearly Fin for Family (Guardian headline on a brief item about a
fish
preserved in formaldehyde – which leaked and
mixed
with the Flash used to clean the floor, giving off deadly fumes. "Fin" is of course French for "the end".)
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