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Draft Dodger
10-23-2003, 01:53 PM
one of todays headlines:

• Seau says remarks in jest | Tomlinson reax

Tomlinson reax? Huh?

So, is that a typo, meant to say "Tomlinson: relax" - as in, Tomlinson says there's nothing to it?

Or, is "reax" some hip, ghetto spelling of "reacts"? In which case, the irony of it headlining that particular story is off the chart.
Deattribution
10-23-2003, 02:08 PM
It's meant as reaction yes, and not only ESPN uses that term, it's usually pretty common. msnbc, cnn, espn and tons of other sites use it, and it has no hip african american overton to it.
Butter
10-23-2003, 02:08 PM
I think it was a space issue, I noticed that too.
Deattribution
10-23-2003, 02:11 PM
Some serious nitpicking going on this message board over ESPN site, they make errors but you guys pick at everything.


reax

(ree.AKS) n. Journalistic shorthand for reaction or reactions


http://www.wordspy.com/words/reax.asp
Draft Dodger
10-23-2003, 03:00 PM
Originally posted by Deattribution
Some serious nitpicking going on this message board over ESPN site, they make errors but you guys pick at everything.


reax

(ree.AKS) n. Journalistic shorthand for reaction or reactions


http://www.wordspy.com/words/reax.asp

thanks - I swear I've never seen that word used before in my life.
Deattribution
10-23-2003, 03:08 PM
Originally posted by Draft Dodger
thanks - I swear I've never seen that word used before in my life.

I had never saw it pre-online era either, so I understand.
SackAttack
10-23-2003, 04:35 PM
could be that whoever wrote the article used the shorthand, and whoever posted it didn't bother to edit it.
JonInMiddleGA
10-23-2003, 07:09 PM
could be that whoever wrote the article used the shorthand, and whoever posted it didn't bother to edit it.

If this was on the website, I tend to suspect that's the case.

The only way I can think this would be "acceptable" is as a space saver on the crawler at the bottom of the tv screen (or a website that had a sports "ticker" at the bottom I suppose).

Using "reax" the way it's described here is something that I consider in the category of "stage direction" -- it's a line that appears in a script or on a teleprompter reel to indicate where a film clip/sound bite is inserted.
BigDPW
10-23-2003, 07:17 PM
I actually saw the REAX term used on a MSNBC news clip today... That was the first time I saw it ever...

Wierd!!!