"Vocabulary"
The Style Sheet of a copyedited document is telling in almost the exact same way that a list of words that have been added to a cell phone’s dictionary is telling. Here is the Vocabulary section of the ATHSWhatevs Style Sheet. I justify posting it here by pointing out that at least three of these terms are comestibles, if not “foods” per se.
afterward
already-high prices
always-widened eyes
attention-suck
backrub
Baileys
BO
Brooklyn Heights promenade
Brooklyn Lager
catalogue
Chock Full o’Nuts
cul-de-sacs
cupholder
DC
dogsit
doppel-hipster
dumbass
early morning crowd
flat-screen (n.)
Help Wanted ad
Internet
J. Crew
Kiehl’s
naive
Small Mammal House
softchew
SoHo
thirtysomething
Wee-Wee Pad
Hmm … “Internet”?
