Word Du Jour: ’sputum’
A noun, pronounced SPEW-tem, meaning:
Matter coughed up and usually ejected from the mouth, including saliva, foreign material, and substances such as mucus or phlegm, from the respiratory tract.
This word recently lead to the drubbing of Jerry Cipriano at the hands of Katie Couric.
During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— ’sputum’ —and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him ‘over and over and over again’ on the arm . . .
Though accounts of the attack seem exaggerated, I think this signals the end of the Couric era at CBS - not because she slapped someone on the arm in what “seemed like a joke at first,” but rather because she’s becoming the victim of slant. For political reasons, CBS is
apparently incapable of dispatching the first female anchor based solely on her poor ratings performance, unless it should be coupled with the perception that she is erratic and disagreeable.
The situation is helped none by the fact that Katie Couric is totally ripped.
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I’m not sure what is more disturbing, Couric’s detestable lack of journalistic integrity or her IFBB Ms. Olympia Runner-Up finish to Iris Kyle last year. Ahhh! Katie, stop hitting me….
Where’s muscle beach Katie? oh.
First multiple-comment post. Check her out flexing here