June 15, 2013

An ambiguous headline that reveals too much about us: "Kim Kardashian's Pregnancy Fails."

The quote is a teaser, found at the bottom of another article under the "More from Our Partners" heading. I don't even see the ambiguity. I read "pregnancy" as a noun and "fails" as a verb, and think it should mean that the woman has miscarried, but realize it could mean that her pregnancy was supposed to have some cultural meaning or some impact on her popularity, but the intended effect has not occurred.

Clicking the link, I see that "pregnancy" is an adjective and "fails" is a noun. The linked article is: "Fashion Fails: Kim Kardashian's Worst Pregnancy Looks." That is, absolutely nothing has happened, but there is one more entry in the endless series of opportunities to see what is happening to women's bodies.

Admittedly, that is the most interesting subject in the history of the world and the meaning of everything, but still....

17 comments:

JPS said...

Funny - I was grumpily wondering just yesterday when the hell "fail" became a noun, and an overused one at that.

madAsHell said...

She's finally famous for something.

Big Mike said...

The headline did its job; it got you to follow the link.

Paco Wové said...

"...too much about us"

For certain values of "us".

Rusty said...

Each time you click on anything Kardashian you automatically lose 5 IQ points.
There are some people here that can't afford to lose any more.

cf said...

You did not name the perp site that sucked you in. Where was this "More from our partners?"

my guess: Puffington Host, they excel at the provocative mislead, but there a corral of possible contenders, haha.

What side was it?

cf said...

That is,
"there are a corral of possible contenders.

What Site was it?"

Nathan Alexander said...

The Left-ification of America continues apace.
Huxley warned us about this Brave New World, but too many people took it as an instruction manual.

edutcher said...

hat's this "us", white man?

Left Bank of the Charles said...

We have people at the NSA to read this stuff so you don't have to.

edutcher said...

s/b What's

SteveR said...

Not just fail but epic fail

Carnifex said...

The scandals falling out of Zero's ass like turds, and the low interest voters see more about some slutty twats belly bump fashion than the least of zero's turds.

Carnifex said...

@Rusty...

Does that include Kendall... 'cause I'm countin' the days till that lil' piece becomes legal.

Rusty said...

Carnifex said...
@Rusty...

Does that include Kendall... 'cause I'm countin' the days till that lil' piece becomes legal.

This may seem strange, but I have no idea which Kardashian is which. I plan on keeping it that way.

ricpic said...

The Armenians are even more maddening than the Jews, if that's possible. They're a very sharp, creative, resourceful and entrepreneurial people but they also produce a ton of Kardashians and Cher types. 'Tis a puzzlement.

Carnifex said...

@ Rusty

She's the git of Bruce and Mamma K...only half a Kardashian.

@ Ricpic

To quote Archer "Sticky fingered people, the Greeks."