Washington Post Cycling Article

[Starduster]

From today’s Washington Post, this cycling article. Our man Henry Dunbar makes an appearance! https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/bicycling-etiquette-for-newbies/2020/09/23/10ce9904-f2d6-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

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[dbb]

I was particularly impressed that the Post used snot rocket correctly in the sentence “There’s such a thing as a “snot rocket,” which — well, look it up.” Kudos to Angela Haupt, the journalist, who probably consulted the AP (About Phlegm) style guide.

Likely the first use of the term in the Post in, well, all time.

[DCAKen]

@dbb 202388 wrote:

I was particularly impressed that the Post used snot rocket correctly in the sentence “There’s such a thing as a “snot rocket,” which — well, look it up.” Kudos to Angela Haupt, the journalist, who probably consulted the AP (About Phlegm) style guide.

Likely the first use of the term in the Post in, well, all time.

You’d be amazed… https://www.washingtonpost.com/newssearch/?query=%22snot%20rocket%22&btn-search=&sort=Relevance&datefilter=All%20Since%202005

[josh]

@DCAKen 202389 wrote:

You’d be amazed… https://www.washingtonpost.com/newssearch/?query=%22snot%20rocket%22&btn-search=&sort=Relevance&datefilter=All%20Since%202005

And the earliest mention, in November 2009, seems remarkably pertinent:

Does A-Rod not know we have a swine flu pandemic on our hands? And potentially in our snot?

[baiskeli]

@dbb 202388 wrote:

I was particularly impressed that the Post used snot rocket correctly in the sentence “There’s such a thing as a “snot rocket,” which — well, look it up.” Kudos to Angela Haupt, the journalist, who probably consulted the AP (About Phlegm) style guide.

Likely the first use of the term in the Post in, well, all time.

I bet it has appeared in the Sports section a few times in stories about football.

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