NYT substitutions

Carlos Greaves offers “New York Times ’ Style Guide Substitutions for ‘The President Violated the Constitution’” (McSweeney’s ). For instance: “The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”

But there’s no need for newsroom substitutions in referring to the president’s you-know-what. The one Times article referencing the season premiere of South Park makes no mention of the you-know-what or the PSA that ends the episode.

[“You-know-what” comes from the opinion side of the Times. In a column about CBS and satire, Maureen Dowd refers to the president’s you-know-what.]