Editor's Corner

Good morning, folks!

It’s been a long time and I’ve missed you all. I wish I could say I’ve been living in the lap of luxury and touring around the world, but instead I’ve been on leave, and am now enjoying thousands of emails and negative PTO. And no, I don’t have a cute baby or anything to show for it. 😊

So, first up on my Editor’s Corner agenda is a new slang term I learned. I saw this term girl grip and my first thought was that it might be a sexist way of referring to how some females hold and throw a baseball or softball.

I was happily surprised that, according to dictionary.com:

Girl grip is a slang phrase that refers to holding multiple items in one hand by grasping them between fingers.

Typically, the phrase girl grip refers to a person using a clawed hand to hold multiple items at once. For example, a person may hold a paper cup using primarily their thumb and pointer finger while holding a smartphone, keys, receipt, and wallet with their remaining fingers on the same hand.

Here is a photo of the girl grip in action.

It reminds me of a more astounding type of grip you see at Oktoberfest in Munich:

I’m not sure if there’s a special name for holding 10 steins of beer in two hands, besides impressive!

Cheers!

Kara Church | Technical Editor, Advisory | Technical Publications

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