7/3/2006
"Closure"
If I was a big ol' boss at one of the local television news outfits, I would throw down the following edict:
Please, pretty please, for the love of God, don't use the word "closure."
If there's ever a word that's overused on local newscasts, it's closure. Everyone seems to be looking for closure. Closure here, closure there, closure everywhere.
At noon today on KDKA-TV, they had a report on the 19-year-old woman who disappeared in (I think) the Allegheny River over the weekend, and the fact that crews are combing the river for her body. Sure enough, the reporter said her family is looking for closure.
Ugh.
It would probably be more precise (and less hackneyed) to say that her family is seeking a sense of resolution.
Another TV cliche: when a team loses, particularly a baseball team, the announcer will say something like, "They couldn't get the job done." I've even heard players, in post-game interviews, say, "We couldn't get the job done."
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