Words mean things.

In fact, sometimes they can mean many different things.

Sometimes those meanings can vary across cultures of generations -- during a discussion of laws on illegal drugs some years ago, a student asked me if I had ever been "blowed". Due to our generational differences, I didn't realize that he was asking me if I had ever gotten high -- and he didn't realize that I heard him asking me an entirely different question.

Which leads me to this link that someone sent to me recently. Shouldn't someone on the editorial staff have caught the alternate meaning to the phrase used in this headline -- especially when paired with the accompanying picture?

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