By Adam Offitzer | American Journalism Review
Damn. Hell. Ass. Once taboo, these words are now occasionally found in the pages of The New York Times and the stories of the Associated Press, two news organizations among many that have recently updated their policies on publishing profanity.
In February, BuzzFeed released an official Style Guide of its own. To no one’s surprise, this guide takes a different approach to cursing than the more traditional AP Stylebook.
BuzzFeed’s guide contains proper style for f—up as a noun, f— up as a verb, and f—ed-up as an adjective. It has spellings for s— list, s—storm, s—show and s—hole. And in case you were curious, s— talk has a space when used as a noun, but a hyphen when used as a verb.
