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Fake Steve rags on blog overlords


The best part of this interview with Dan Lyons, the Forbes editor behind Fake Steve Jobs? Where he describes how he tormented my boss, Nick Denton, by slipping in more and more British slang into The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs in an effort to throw him off the trail. Which, of course, succeeded brilliantly. To keep things balanced, Lyons also takes the piss out of Jason Calacanis. How anyone could hate the bulldog-cute entrepreneur that much is beyond me.

1:18 AM on Fri Oct 26 2007
By Owen Thomas
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  • Image of redw0rm redw0rm at 10:20 AM on 10/29/07
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    Owen -

    Not sure about the usage here of the phrase "take the piss." It's a UK/Commonwealth favorite, but typically is a stand-alone phrase. Like this:

    Thug4lyphe: wat U think of my track?
    AngloG00n: u blow goats
    Thug4lyphe: Y u got 2 h8?
    AngloG00n: just taking the p1ss! m8s 4ever

    I think you could idiomatically say "kicks the piss out of..." though.

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