guerrilla proofreading
pp. Marking up a public sign to correct or point out a grammatical error or typo.
Other Forms
guerrilla proofreader n.
Examples
2010
On Wednesday, October 13, at the Decatur Library, writers Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson will sign their new memoir The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time. It's an English-action-packed memoir of public guerrilla proofreading that ultimately brought the authors in conflict against a misspeller with power: the U.S. federal government.
—Blue Elephant Book Shop, “Jeff Deck & Benjamin Herson sign 'The Great Typo Hunt' — Wed 10/13,” Facebook, October 07, 2010
2010
Guerrilla proofreading does seem to be a popular hobby for some people. They can get quite agitated about apostroflies, invisible hyphens, and other such entities.
—Stan Carey, “Grammar to go,” Sentence First, March 26, 2010
1996 (earliest)
LIST OF THE DAY: Some unusual findings sent in by you guerrilla proofreaders and grammar irregulars out there:
—Steve Harvey, “Only in L.A.,” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1996
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Posted: August 20, 2013