BuzzfeedStylebook

The essential style guide that is EVERYTHING for web journalists

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the l o n g b o i s of punctuation https://t.co/jzGI2ucmlq

[Chris “Law Dork” Geidner @chrisgeidner]

Already this year — on just the second day of 2018 — a solid email from @styleguide.

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A millennial is a repository of young, virile blood used primarily to extend the lives of eccentric billionaires.

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The plural of emoji is emoji

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"the thirst," real

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.@styleguide @EriFaith @davidmackau "catfish @styleguide" is the preferred term

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.@chrislhayes use YESSSSS to express low key approval, YAAASSSS for frantic excitement

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.@davidmackau "dad bod", plural "dads bod"

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"struggle" on first reference, "jihad" thereafter

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@flashboy @JamieRoss7 @CraigW4584 @AdamMorrisEdin @guardianstyle Actually, both are wrong. Belleënd is correct

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Twitter name followed by last name: NOT a mistake, totally a thing

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twitter: a micro-blogging platform that allows users to post death threats of up to 140 characters

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bae: makes old people angry for some reason. This is hilarious, so use it as much as possible

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justice: only white people will understand

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Clickhole: see BuzzFeed, Inc. (in about 12 months, max)

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DavidTennantinRain.gif: an image that wrecks readers' feels. DeadMufasa.gif on second reference

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VCR: acceptable abbreviation for all references to an ancient version of Netflix. Only 90's kids will understand.

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waffles: something nobody cares about, write about pancakes instead

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next level, next-level: hyphenate as a modifier before a noun. Bring your ramen game to the next level. Some next-level bullshit.

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obvs: abbreviation for obvious. On first reference, use obvi

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As a predicate adjective, 'everything' is always capitalized. Ex: This tweet is EVERYTHING.