Thread: Terms the IWC has no clue how to use
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Old 09-21-2014, 12:32 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Theo Dious View Post
I feel like a lot of times people use the word "shoot" to mean "speak disparagingly about." As in "recently released WWE wrestler shoots on Vince and Triple H!" This isn't incorrectly used in this case, but the tendency seems to be to charge the word to expect the reader to expect something juicy and inflammatory. You never see something labeled as "Some guy shoots on Vince McMahon!" and find that the meat of his statement was "Vince is a great guy, he totally did right by me and I love him like a dad." "To shoot" simply means "to act as one's true self as opposed to one's wrestling character."
In the same vein, "speaks out" is used in the same way under the same false pretenses. Instead of referring to someone breaking silence about a particular subject OR emerging from total media silence, it is taken to imply they're going to say something scandalous or scathing, even if that isn't the case. Hell, sometimes, the person is already vocal about the topic, for good or ill. For example, if CM Punk actually publicly addressed his WWE departure after the time that has passed without deflecting sarcasm or completely ignoring the subject, in detail, warts and all, he would actually be speaking out.

But that's less of a wrestling thing and more a garbage journalism thing. Not pointing any fingers at any specific easy target on the front page ( but, hey, if the shoe fits...) as I've seen and heard this done since forever ago, like when Hard Copy was household name TMZ is now, not to mention actual tabloids at supermarket checkouts worldwide.
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