Catchword: contrivoversy

Filed under: English

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Spring rumor had it that the Red Sox might not hand out the championship rings at the opener, because they didn’t want to offend the Yankees. Red Sox Nation responded. The Yankees would hand out the rings! They wouldn’t care about showing up an opponent! The Sox were ruining summers before the snow had melted off the ground! I was one of many who couldn’t understand just why it was even a story. I even coined a term for it…contrivoversy, or “contrived controversy.”

Article or document title:
“Red Sox Nation is ready to savor the moment” (URL)

Author:
Jon Couture

Article, document, publication, web site:
Standard-Times

Publishing location:
New Bedford, Mass.

Date of publication:
Apr. 10, 2005

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