(on the editor's part)
― rob, Saturday, 18 May 2024 15:56 (two weeks ago) link
It's more that it's archaic, in the sense of "room to maneuver a ship around to avoid hitting rocks" but very No Way NYT nonetheless
― felicity, Saturday, 18 May 2024 15:58 (two weeks ago) link
No you see "a wide berth" is the population problem that Swift attempted to solve in A Modest Proposal
― glumdalclitch, Saturday, 18 May 2024 16:00 (two weeks ago) link
pun that I had missed
― felicity, Saturday, 18 May 2024 16:16 (two weeks ago) link
"a wide berth" means to avoid entirely iirc, I think she meant to say "give them some leeway"
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:09 (two weeks ago) link
we have not given this article a wide berth
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:09 (two weeks ago) link
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wide_berth
― felicity, Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:11 (two weeks ago) link
I recently had to explain this term to a non-English speaker, but really, NYT?
― Billion Year Polyphonic Spree (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 May 2024 23:35 (two weeks ago) link
To be fair I agree most satirists should be given a wide berth.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 19 May 2024 12:18 (two weeks ago) link
Bill Maher in particular
not interested in any meaning of wide berth that isn't about that wagon
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Sunday, 19 May 2024 14:58 (two weeks ago) link
a wide berth isn't something you're given, it's something you earn
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Sunday, 19 May 2024 15:00 (two weeks ago) link