The headline makes it sound like she just discovered that he's actually a swarm of locusts in a trenchcoat or something. I mean, that would explain a lot, but still
I know it's off-topic, but thank you so much for linking to the text-only NPR site. It's like a breath of fresh air in an city full of shit (by which I mean ads), grime (ads), and ads (you guessed it, ads).
I'm beginning to feel there's a fundamental disconnect between the vocabulary of everyday people and the words journalists use. I can only imagine how the dialogue goes around a journalist's house.
"Honey, have you heard about the Winstons?""No, why?""Fred from accounting SLAMMED they're planning to move to Wisconsin.""Oh, I see. Did you GRILL him about where exactly they'd be going?""Yeah, I HAMMERED him with questions until he MELTED down. IN TEARS, he SCREAMED at me, 'Yeah, somewhere near Madison.'""...screamed?""You know... politely."
The headline makes it sound like she just discovered that he's actually a swarm of locusts in a trenchcoat or something. I mean, that would explain a lot, but still