Word: comperes
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...Comping is an affectionate way of describing the sound a comper's ear makes when it is being brutally slapped by a Crimson editor...
When it came time for my first edit, however, I was told that the world "businesswomen" would have to be neutralized. Being a lowly, intimidated comper in my first day on the job, I said nothing, although the change bothered me. After all, the stand sold gender specific in my terminology? I doubt many men frequented the kiosk, and men were certainly not the stand's primary clientele...
...been thinking about the word "comp." It's a sinister word: it rhymes with "stomp" and "whomp." "Comper" sounds like my last name. During the news comp, I was called "Molly B. Comper" by some of the executives...
...managing editor told my parents during First-Year Parents' Weekend, "Molly is one of our rising stars!" As time passed, it became apparent that I wasn't one of their rising stars. As more time passed, it became apparent that they thought my name really was Molly B. Comper...
...Times. Hell, Molly wouldn't even give me gas money to get to Rhode Island, and the powers that be at the Crimson sure weren't going to give me some guinea-pig comper to mark up. So if I was going to get some dirt about tattooing, I would need to get one myself. I couldn't, after all, pretend that my dignity prohibited me from going under the needle. I'm already marked--thrice, as luck would have it: a pathetic whale on my right ankle, a David Smith sculpture (Voltri-Bolton I) on my left ankle...