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Not to diminish from her wittisism, is this really "BREAKING" news? Or is that term just used for everything now?
BREAKING NEWS : News will now be printed on glass
BREAKING NEWS : Lemmy user dellish just ADMITTED to not knowing the purpose of the usage BREAKING in reporting. More on this as it develops.
BREAKING NEWS: Lemmy user yermaw slams and blasts dellish. You’ll never guess what they said!
BREATHING NEWTS: Amphibians draw breath!
Then THIS happened!
It’s just used for everything. Sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes not. I just ignore it nowadays.
mebbe ‘breaking up’ (haha) news??