A List of Adjectives and French Puns Used by NYC Tabloids Regarding Dominique Strauss-Kahn

The arrest of French IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn — in light of accusations that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid — presents an unparalleled opportunity for the newspapers of New York City to assault their readers with a level of French-tinted purple prose that hasn't been seen since "Freedom Fries" were cooked up. New York City's newspapers - but of course, especially the Post - have absolutely siezed upon the opportunity to characterize him through colorful adjectives and verbs as decidedly French. Also, rich, horny, and fat. As such, here is the undistilled "DSK" story as told by a certain paper within our local fourth estate. This list will be updated as the Post and others continue to cover it:

New York Post - Day 1

• Front page headline: "FRENCH WHINE!" 
• Story headline: "WHAT GAUL!"
• First word of story: "Pompous"
• Also: "Pompous arrogance."
• "NYPD Sacre Bleu!"
• "Un Animal"
• "Sniffs" 
• "Scowls"
• "Scowling"
• "Red-faced"
• "Whining"
• "Whiny"
• "Fat cat" 
• "Haughty"
• "Hissy Fit"
• "A presse-ing affair"
• "Creepy"
• "Perv politician"
• "In a snit"

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