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* Your own definition of the word “tronc”?

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:40 am

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tronc - n. a (banned word) whose purpose is to (banned words describing a freakish action).

Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:43 am
Junk in the tronc

Comment by Huh? Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:44 am
Go home, Ferro, you’re #tronc.

Comment by Reality Check Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:46 am
My favorite strain of med mar

Comment by Henry Francis Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:47 am
tronc (noun)

The product of decision making that occurs when one is baked on ganja and impervious to the sound advice of others.

Comment by Louis Capricious Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:49 am
Ton of Cr*p

Comment by BBG Watch Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:49 am
>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tronc

Comment by Dave Dahl Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:50 am
v. — short for “Hurricane Ka-tronc-a” — to spew forth partisan talking points about nothing in particular, for no particular reason.

Comment by olddog Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:51 am
tronc = Allegis

https://namedropping.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/the-allegis-disaster-and-the-juliet-syndrome/

Comment by Vote Quimby! Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:52 am
Not computer literate enough to provide a link, but if you google “Monty Python Splunge” I think that probably shows the type of Trib meeting Ferro had that came up with “tronc”. Although maybe it reflects a Rauner meeting with his people.

Comment by West Side The Best Side Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:54 am
tronc-around agenda

Comment by ChicagoVinny Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:54 am
A synonym for “Moland Springs.”

Comment by Keyser Soze Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:58 am
The Navistar of newspapers

Comment by 100 miles west Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 11:59 am
“I remember seeing Verne Gagne face off against Tronc Pazandak on the DuMont Network’s ‘Wrestling from Marigold’ — Ol’ Verne sure whipped him but good!”

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:01 pm
tronc is a Hail Mary thrown by a lesser Doug Flutie.

Comment by Blue Bayou Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:01 pm
v. - to remove journalism from a newspaper.

Comment by fed up Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:01 pm
A tronc is what an elephont has.

Comment by Skeptic Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:04 pm
Totally Rauner Owned News Cartel

Comment by Stuck on the 3rd Floor Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:05 pm
when someone is planning strategery, they keep their plan in a lockbox in the tronc

Comment by Northside City Dweller Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:07 pm
Had a double tronc with cheese last night, but unfortunately the by product was….well you know.

Comment by John Reynolds Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:07 pm
The sound made when the gears of government grind to a halt.

Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:08 pm
It’s a combination of the words Tribune and Tonic symbolizing a place where the Kool Aid like tonic can be consumed.

Comment by AC Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:09 pm
Tronced: (verb) new synonym, replacing punked

Comment by Wensicia Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:09 pm
All a gambler needs besides a suitcase.

Comment by Way Way Down Here Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:09 pm
The Rag Of National Conservatives

Comment by Zapbod Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:10 pm
The moment of revelation when you see much of your future spent on LinkedIn.

Comment by Peter Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:11 pm
Pretty sure the late night DJ set at Paris Club is spinnin’ tronc tonight

Comment by Red Ranger Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:11 pm
A dangerous combination of alcohol and cough syrup sweeping the rap world and millenials, similar to sizzurp. E.g. “I’m sorry baby, I was krunk on TRONC when I said those things.”

Comment by Jimmy CrackCorn Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:12 pm
A new word meaning “last breath”

Comment by oldman Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:14 pm
A scaled down version of The Sun-Times Network.

Comment by Keyrock Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:17 pm
What Ferro calls a Ciroc and Tonic.

Comment by Mr. 17.5 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:20 pm
A pill so poisoned that nobody would ever buy it.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:21 pm
The last sound made by wounded species of goose before going extinct.

Comment by vibes Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:23 pm
Ferro’s attempt to break the record for most major Chicago newspapers heavily damaged by an owner. (Murdoch and Lord Black are currently tied with him, with one each.)

Comment by Keyrock Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:24 pm
The forbidden dance to lure (then infuriate) investors.

Comment by Jocko Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:25 pm
tronc - n. A medical treatment that starts out healing and evolves into accidentally euthanizing.

Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:25 pm
“Murdoch and Lord Black are currently tied with him, with one each.”

One could make a strong argument that Sam Zell’s damages to the Tribune far exceeded the Sun-Times losses under Murdoch. But in any event, Ferro makes them both look like Katharine Graham.

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:30 pm
tronc is an acronym for the upcoming fall editorial pages –”Trumps resolute obedient and no-thought cheerleaders”

Comment by train111 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:30 pm
tronc - What you read after downing a six pack of Americas. (It won’t work for InBev either).

Comment by A Jack Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:30 pm
I thought the General Assembly and AG Madigan banned tronc and tronc-like substances in Illinois a couple years ago.

Dangerous stuff.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:31 pm
The name of a company owned by a guy who has been successful enough to have made more money than probably all of on here combined.

Comment by Southside Markie Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:31 pm
tronc is either the worst marketing idea since Coke II or the best journalism prank since Sidd Finch.

Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:32 pm
Tronc is an acronym

Tribune Really Owns No Credibility

Comment by Scamp640 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:34 pm
A very rare move in Fizzbin, guaranteed to win the game (according to Kirk at least).

Oh, wait, that’s “kronk.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DeIExLcURQ

Comment by Quad City Gal Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:34 pm
“The name of a company owned by a guy who has been successful enough to have made more money than probably all of on here combined.”

I presume ‘on here combined’ will be Ferro’s new name for the Trib website…

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:34 pm
Or maybe:

That Rag Ostensibly Negates Credibility

Comment by Scamp640 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:35 pm
The smell of a wet dog after rolling in compost.

Comment by Agricola Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:37 pm
- Southside Markie -

Money is the measure of a man? That’s fun.

So, you root for Henry Potter over George Bailey?

To the QOTD,

Tronc - a village in the Harry Potter books that Voldemort declares as the shadow capital of the wizarding world.

Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:37 pm
Totally Rauner Owned News Corps

Comment by Carhartt Representative Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:40 pm
tronc - a political organ for sale.

Comment by peon Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:40 pm
Bulgerian for we got nothing. No idea.

Comment by Chungas revenge Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:44 pm
TRONC - The Real Old New Copy

Comment by aufjunk Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:44 pm
This tronc thing is giving the Trib a bad Wrapport.

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:45 pm
My point is that this guy must be doing something right to have been able to make that kind of money. No one should kid themselves. The Tribune is and always has been a for profit business. And in business, yes, making money is the measure of success. I don’t like the name or what he is doing to the newspaper either, but it is his business. It is not the community’s. He bought it with his money. He gets to call it whatever he wants.

Comment by Southside Markie Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:47 pm
My point was that the guy must be doing something right to have made all that money. The Tribune is and always has been a for-profit business. The employees there don’t work for free. If this is what a guy who has been successful in business thinks it takes to be able to keep paying them and get a rate of return on his investment, maybe people should defer to him. And yes, in business, making money is the measure of success. Otherwise, employees don’t get paid. I don’t like the name either. But it is his business, not the community’s. He gets to call it whatever he wants.

Comment by Southside Markie Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:54 pm
“Self-immolating”

Comment by Linus Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:54 pm
Sister ship to the titanic

Comment by Rabid Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:56 pm
The Tribune is a business. The employees there don’t work for free. The owners are entitled to a return on their investment and to run the company as they see fit. In business, making money is the measure of success.

Comment by Southside Markie Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:56 pm
Giant gold letters soon to be high up on their building.

Comment by walker Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:56 pm
Tribbie On Crack.

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 12:57 pm
New Coke 2016.

Comment by Chicago Cynic Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:05 pm
tronc (n): The vowel movements from rich people who believe their wealth makes them experts in all areas of inexpertise.

Comment by Northsider Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:07 pm
Did anyone mention it has a dictionary meaning?

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/tronc

Comment by lake county democrat Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:09 pm
Tribune RaunerOnly News Center

Comment by Amalia Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:11 pm
Tronc: a non union work place

Comment by Amalia Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:14 pm
“My point is that this guy must be doing something right to have been able to make that kind of money.”

And Scotty Pippen also made a lot of money. Doesn’t mean he’d know the first thing about running a newspaper.

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:25 pm
Gronkowsi’s little brother Terry = Tronc

Comment by Mr. 17.5 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:40 pm
Sorry for the repetition. Had a problem with my computer.

Comment by Southside Markie Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:51 pm
lake county demoncrat beat me to it. Tronc is already a word in the Oxford dictionary! From French, meaning collection box. Can you trademark a common word???

BTW- Carhartt Representative had a great acronym!

Comment by Anon221 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:56 pm
Everyone is pronouncing it wrong. The name is T-Ron-Cee. Rap video to follow…

Comment by PlayK8 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:58 pm
Is Ferro’s new title now Troncmaster???

http://www.wmtllp.com/what-we-do/specialist-sectors/hospitality-leisure/tronc-schemes/what-is-a-tronc-

Comment by Anon221 Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 1:58 pm
tronc: the posterior of journalism, as in “b-TRONC-ee-donk”

Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 2:03 pm
It reminds me of “tranche” and all that goes with it:

www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tranches.asp
Investopedia
Tranches are pieces, portions or slices of a deal or structured financing. This portion is one of several related securities that are offered at the same time but have different risks, rewards and/or maturities. “Tranche” is the French word for “slice”.

Comment by Square Pegs Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 2:04 pm
I have bronchitis, and when I cough it sounds like “tronc”.

Comment by Harry Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 2:04 pm
tronc: Legacy starring Michael Ferro, where he ends up inside the digital content world he created, and has to battle the evil Democrats to escape.

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 2:20 pm
The name of goldberg’s random word generator

Comment by Rabid Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 2:43 pm
Mister JayEm: you’re right, of course. How could I forget Sam Zell? His name belongs right next to Lord Black. (Bangs head against wall.)

Comment by Keyrock Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 2:57 pm
Synonym for “death knell.”

Comment by Crispy Friday, Jun 3, 16 @ 3:34 pm