American woman, child freed after being kidnapped in Haiti last month - eviltoast
  • CodingCarpenter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Fuck me the title made me think they like pulled out her uterus. Like saying somebody’s been child freed is a really fucked up way to describe that

    • Sightline@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      If you’re misreading that bad it may be time to take a break from the news.

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That would be the mother of euphemisms.

      I’ve seen headlines saying “woman robbed pregnant woman’s unborn baby,” and that’s already sanitized (as opposed to “woman cut open pregnant woman and stole phoetus.”