Katie Couric secretly loves sputum, y/n

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There has been tension on the set of the evening newscast.

Couric said she slapped news editor Jerry Cipriano on the arm for using the word ''sputum'' during a tuberculosis story last month.

''I got mad at him and said, `You can't do this to me. You have to tell me when you're going to use a word like that,''' Couric said. ''I was aggravated, there's no question about that.''

''I sort of slapped him around,'' she said.

Sputum, which refers to expectorated matter especially from the air passages in diseases of the lungs, bronchi or upper respiratory tract, was banned from future broadcasts.

But Couric said she has a good relationship with Cipriano.

''It became kind of a joke,'' she said.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
NO WAI	5
YEAH	4

― Mr. Que, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:52 (eighteen years ago)

what the hell

― Jordan, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

This is incredibly unsavory.

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

if she got mad at the word sperm or something i can understand, but sputum???? what the hell?

― Mr. Que, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:12 (eighteen years ago)

She probably think sputum sounds too close to sperm. She'll ban "uvula" next.

― Rock Hardy, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

It's better than the SUPER 8 motel's name, which they haven't done anything about for years.

― Abbott, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

He should've used "expectorate".

― David R., Monday, 9 July 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

Sputum is a more disgusting word than semen.

― Will M., Monday, 9 July 2007 20:41 (eighteen years ago)

But it's an accurate description, I mean TB is gross too, but wtf.

― Abbott, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

this from the woman who wants to raise awareness about colon cancer/ colonoscopy.

― will, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

If she talks about mucus in stool, he should be allowed to give her a titty twister.

― David R., Monday, 9 July 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe she thought he said "frenum"?

― HI DERE, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:52 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure that I've read the word "sputum" as a reference to male ejaculate before, possibly in a Stephen King novel or something.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 23:08 (eighteen years ago)

That guy'll say anything about jizz.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 23:39 (eighteen years ago)

was it bcz she couldn't pronounce it?

(THIS IS NOT SEXIST; SHE'S AN OAF)

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

THIS IS SPUTUM

― David R., Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:06 (eighteen years ago)

Wait, is the complaint that the word was on her script/prompter, or that someone just ... said it? Cause actually if I were going to have to read the word "sputum" from a prompter, I'd want a heads-up on that.

Then again, I have never allowed images of the interior of my colon to be broadcast on national television.

― nabisco, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Thursday, 12 July 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

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