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Head Scratchers

Daily Mail Censors The Word “Tits,” But Publishes Uncensored Photo Of Model’s ‘Nip Slip’

12:16 pm, February 10th | by Amy Tennery


Today in headscratchers: Daily Mail published a story today in which it censored the word “tits” — while, just an hour earlier, it published an uncensored photo of a woman’s unintentionally exposed chest. Huh.

Let’s start from the beginning. First of all, there’s the Daily Mail’s story showing why R-rated jokes have no place in rough drafts of official government memos.

A state official at the Oklahoma Insurance Department (a.k.a., something someone’s taxes pay for) decided it would be hilarious to post a joke in the middle of a memo. At least that’s what we think happened.

The emailed document was seeking nominations for “the 2012 National Tornado Preparedness Summit.” To be fair, this sounds like an incredibly dry task. And yet, no, there is no real excuse for what happened next.

Among the awards outlined, including the “Governor’s Award” and “Distinguished Service Award,” was the “Insurance Commissioner’s Award.” And I’m not entirely sure whether the author’s description of this particular prize was a dig against women or… uhh, the commissioner:

“Insurance Commissioner’s Award: Presented to the girl with the biggest tits.”

Oh my.

OID has apologized, said it was a draft that no one was ever supposed to see, they employ 15-year-olds, blah blah blah and now we’re forced to reckon with the outlandish concept that gross people exist in the world.

But the mystery doesn’t end there.

When the Daily Mail first dug up this story it blurred out the letter “i” in the word “tits.” Sure.

So then — moving onto story number two — why did they publish an uncensored photo (with no NSFW reference!) of the “moment a model’s dress slips to reveal nipples on New York catwalk?” (NSFW!)

The model, according to the paper’s own caption, is “blissfully ignorant” of the fact that her chest is exposed — and probably also unaware that she’ll later be a point-and-giggle target for a bunch of editors too squeamish to publish a slang term for her private parts, which they’ll happily broadcast to their readers.

Did I miss the part in Strunk & White where it says “Word ‘tits,’ not okay. Actual picture of tits, acceptable”? Or is the lesson that “tits” are ok — so as long as they’re designed to (excuse the pun) titillate?

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  • Gregoryincognito

    The media uses the word “Friggin” freely in the broadcasts, ala Glenn Beck etc…
    and the word means “Fcuking” so who is kidding whom with ‘propriety ?
    Photo’s and ‘Tits” are a “Rose by any other name…..
    Either poop or get off the pot…..please….

  • Anonymous

    I’m still looking for the tits in the photo of the model! LOL.. is she 11 years old?

  • Hugo Daun

    Mr. Carlin would have found this ridiculous…

     ”Tits
    doesn’t even belong on the list, you know. It’s such a friendly sounding word.

    It sounds like a nickname. ‘Hey, Tits, come here. Tits, meet Toots, Toots,
    Tits, Tits, Toots.’

    It sounds like a snack doesn’t it? Yes, I know, it is,
    right. But I don’t mean the sexist snack, I mean…

    New Nabisco Tits! The new
    Cheese Tits, and Corn Tits and Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, and Tater Tits!

    Yeah. Betcha can’t eat just one.”

  • Smack80

    I thought “Tit” was a bird? Also, can we say “Tit for Tat”? For heavens sake, my grandmother even said “tit”, but we we’re allowed to say “butt”. We are such a conflicted society!

  • Anonymous

    I gotta say this is the best headline ever. I really had to read this one because of the headline!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/riot5000 Riot Fivethousand

    HYPOCRISY.
    The IDIOT in chief determines what words are OK and which ones are not

  • Anybody

    sadfsadf

  • Anonymous

    Very clever!

    Yes indeed, the late George Carlin.  Rest in peace George…

    Nice job HUGO, I’d forgotten about that routine.  Just as long as you don’t use the word “turd”…LOL

  • Anonymous

    A “tufted tit mouse,”  they visit my feeder every day…

    You might say I’m a bit of a “titular” authority… on the tufted tit mouse…LOL

  • Mel

    Would “teats” be more appropriate?

  • Cecelia

    The suggestion here is that a proscription of puerile slang terms for female body parts could only be motivated by some sort of puritanical prudery.

    That’s whack…

  • Anonymous

    I went and looked. It reminds us all of why most of them need to remain covered.

  • Anonymous

    Teats would be correct to use in mixed company.  In reference to his being questioned about preparing for a hurricane my buddy, Bobby, had his own question.  “Why does a boar hog have teats?”  The answer is “Just in case.”  I think ‘tits’ was derived not from teats but from titilation during the age of hugely protruding bosoms in the 17-1800s.  “My what a pair of titlators”  or ”She has some nice titilators”.   Just sayin’.

  • Anonymous

    I saw them there nipples and was mortified by the sight.  I think I’m gonna crawl back uder my rock and wait ’til they grow up a bit.  Looked like it could be child porn.

  • Hans

    The Daily Mail is all about twits with tits. Kardashian stories, and other babes on the beach, I mean—look at their stories! Scarlett Johanson, Leanne Rimes, Kate Winslet, Madonna, Beyonce, J-Lo, Linsey Lohan, come on…Have any of these twits with tits done anything particularly remarkable other than flash some cleavage? Not one of them has invented something noteworthy, unless you count Lady Gaga’s Meat outfit. I’m waiting for her sausage and cheese outfit, it should be a big hit in Wisconson.

  • http://twitter.com/Colony14 Colony14Author

    I once had my comment removed from an Internet article because I described Michelle Obama as “NTBA.” (Apparently one is not permitted to note that she has no tits and a big ass.)

  • Randyleanear

    Well, The picture is worth a thousand words…lol

  • Anonymous

    A funny, funny article.  Yes, George Carlin had it all together.  He is sadly missed.  Tit for Tat — OOOPS.  Will I be censored?

  • http://twitter.com/AlPenwasser Al Penwasser

    What about “titters”? Would that be a row of barechested Hooters girls?

  • raybo41

    Without “nips”, “tits” would be pointless.

  • Jay Hanig

     Actually, your definition is incorrect.  “Frigging” refers to masturbation… I.e., wanking.

  • ayungclas

    “Award: Presented to the girl with the biggest tits.”  That’s an old Monty Python joke having to do with Marcel Proust.

  • http://twitter.com/Darr247 Darr Darr

    How titillating.

  • newelly

    That would be called steatopygia.

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