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Sat 19 Jan, 2013 05:55 pm
And The Worst Lede of All Time Is: “She lost a womb but gained a penis.”
The opening article in question.
Quote:She lost a womb but gained a penis.
The former was being removed surgically - full hysterectomy - while the latter was forcibly shoved into her slack mouth.
For the context of the news article and the subsequent story:
http://gawker.com/5977340/and-the-worst-lede-of-all-time-is-she-lost-a-womb-but-gained-a-penis
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lede
noun
the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead]