Random Thoughts - Word Association

Some people ask me, "What is this world of quasi-journalism of which you speak?"

Well, here is a random list of concepts/phrases you might encounter in this world:

-soft
-"deadlines" (as opposed to deadlines)
-Advertorial
-starfucking
-phoner
-chipping in (moving furniture, replacing lights, stuffing envelopes)
-fraud
-"Double Issue!" (i.e. not twice the size of a normal issues. See: Freud, Sigmund)

and, my personal favourite (for sentimental reasons):
"The sales people are the ones out there on the front lines."
(If you need an analogy, the editorial staff are more like the guys in Jarhead.)