I may be the only one that thinks this, but it keeps occuring to me that we have no catchy phrase, no soundbite, to which we can reference the thing.

Don't give me that "blah blah this cannot be summed up in words" horseshit. As human beings who rely on language, we need succient ways to reference things. That's just how we work. Some of the smaller stuff can get away with not having tags placed on them, but the big stuff rarely if ever enjoys this leisure. There was "Pearl Harbor". There was "Oklahoma City Bombing". There was "Desert Storm". There even was a "World Trade Center Bombing". And since words and phrases interest me, I figured I'd ask the question that I'm sure every journalist, TV exec, and spin doctor in the world is currently asking.

This one thus far is "it". Otherwise known as "The time a bunch of planes were hijacked and run into big structures".

And surely it will be "it" for awhile. But "it" will at some point need a name.

All the networks seem to be referencing it as "Attack on America" but that won't stick I don't think.

What do you think it will, or should, be referrenced as when the smoke begins to clear?

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good point.

the media over here are calling it 'terror in america'. again, something that want stick.

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I thought it was being called "9-11"

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The Beginning of the End?

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DIPHALLICTERATADEATH!!!

Catchy, no?

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I thought it was being called "9-11"

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World War Three?

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edit: misplaced

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Yeah, but what do you call it?

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In all seriousness the best I can articulate my feelings is something like 'the war between hatred and reason'. It is a battle being fought as much within each individual as between the nations or parties involved, and those who are attacking mosques in the US or calling for Afghanistan to be turned into a sheet of glass are losing.

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"War Between Hatred and Reason" isn't very catchy, Lightbulb.

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I WILL bury you with my innanity!

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over here the news programs say:

"the day the world changed"
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"terror in america"

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Aha, but if you turn it into a functional acronym you get:

WaBHat'n'R - pronounced WabbyHatNar - designed to strike fear into the hearts of men.

Also, the radio station would be called:

WBHR!

Broadcasting tolerance and understanding worldwide.

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Not much of a catchphrase (at least not for the news channels), but I keep having a line from "Snatch" echo in my head every time I see this crap replayed on TV:

"Now we are fucked."

I'm sure Brokaw or one of his pals will come up with something.

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Not much of a catchphrase (at least not for the news channels), but I keep having a line from "Snatch" echo in my head every time I see this crap replayed on TV:

"Now we are fucked."

I'm sure Brokaw or one of his pals will come up with something.

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"Kamikaze Tuesday".

I think that's catchy enough.

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even though four planes were hijacked, only three technical targets were hit. i'd call it triple threat tuesday.

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"Twin Tower Turmoil"

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I saw on the news today that they are labeling the investigation "PenttBomb."

I don't think it's catchy enough to stick. Some numbnuts at CNN will hire an ad agency before long to come up with something a little more suave.

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Bin Laden 1 WTC 0
Rumble in the bronx.

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I call it a Very Bad Day.

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i'd call it triple threat tuesday.

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DIPHALLICTERATADEATH!!!

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Toppling Twin Towers Terrible Tuesday.

This has nothing to recommend it apart from its alliterative elegence. It is my ambition to write tabloid headlines for The Sun.

That isn't really my ambition at all. When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a chocolate tester in a chocolate factory. I would now like to be a sex tester in a high-class bordello.

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