Those nuts at the New Yorker, God love them, have an occasional series listing journalism bloopers. I’m talking about priceless little snippets. In the April 11 edition, they print this fantastic, thought-provoking blooper they found in the student newspaper at Michigan State. Here goes:

“Students cheering for Indiana University’ men’s basketball team Saturday were scolded for using profound language in the stands during a game against the University of Connecticut.”

I can just imagine some of the profound words they used — existential, ontological, adumbrate.

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