Kinky copy

I just finished reading "Is doggie style hyphenated?" at Salon. The author says:

My stint as a copy editor at a skin mag taught me more than I ever wanted to know about the sexual proclivities of the American public.

It's a really fun read but certainly not for the easily offended.

I love the idea of crazy-detailed style sheets at such magazines. And, really, they do sound pretty detailed:

Tackling a new letter, I'd first hit the find and replace key and change every "cum" to "come" (an average of 19 changes per letter). As per my style sheet, I'd make sure every "doggie-style" was hyphenated, every "bunghole" was not, every "blowjob" was one word, every "daisy chain" was two. Picture, if you will, all of this being dispatched with a 10-month-old baby draped over my lap. In our cozy, kinky domesticity I enlisted my wife to proofread, which she'd do during commercials of "20/20."

Don't forget that to read articles at Salon, you have to have a subscription or must watch a 10-second ad. But it's painless. And this story is worth it.