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- editor
- 1. one who cannot write; one whose chief form of self-expression is censure.
- 2. an old lady terrified that inclusion of the words alright, alot, and ain’t in standard English usage guides will somehow make life no longer worth living.
- 3. a goon with a red pencil and a talent for alliteration.
- 4. an incompetent writer who has learned the trick to never being criticized for awful writing: put someone else’s name on it.