In journalism, a slug is a short phrase summarising the subject of an article, used to identify the story as it moves through the editorial process. Also called the catchline, it is a short phrase or title used to indicate the story content of newspaper or magazine copy or the line of type carrying this information. This definition can be traced to the printing process; in typesetting terminology, slug refers to a metal bar used as a line divider or as a full line of type as with a Linotype machine. The use of slug to refer to a piece of metal goes back to the mid-1600s, when it was used to refer to a crude bullet, likely named for its resemblance to-you guessed it-the humble shell-less land snail. #english language
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:57:35 +0000