# I love this headline!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-headline/173736>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-headline/173736 "2003-05-07T19:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-headline/173736/1 "2003-05-07T19:20:52Z")

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I just saw this in the New York Times:

“Shatner’s Ex-Wife Sues Over Horse Semen”

Maybe “horse semen” could be a euphemism for overacting?

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**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-headline/173736/2 "2003-05-07T19:34:46Z")

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The term I have heard used to describe Shatner’s acting starts with the first six letters of “horse semen”, anyway.

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**Author:** ![lovejoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@lovejoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovejoy)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-headline/173736/3 "2003-05-07T19:38:36Z")

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Classic. That was an awesome and should-have-been-obvious euphemism, too!