Widows and orphans: A Gannett Blog glossary

Traffic here is soaring, as more people discover my blog about the nation's No. 1 newspaper publisher.

Yet, many younger readers, and those who haven't worked in newsrooms, may wonder about some of the lingo used here. The labels that appear at the bottom of posts and elsewhere include a couple that only old-timers like me (I'm 51) may recognize:

• Widows and orphans: A typographer's term, referring to a line of text that's very short. I use it in place of miscellaneous.
• The morgue: That's what we called the library. Librarians would clip all the stories from the day's paper; catalog them, then file them in heavy-paper sleeves. The Morgue is what I call my archive of older posts. Look for the drop-down menu, in the middle of the blue sidebar, right.
• Teletype: The name I've given to the audio player, also in the blue sidebar (screenshot, above). Turn up the volume on your speakers, and click on the play button; you'll hear the sound of a machine that once clickity-clacked in newsrooms.

What are some of the other words and phrases you recall from the old days of newspapering? Please post your replies in the comments section, below. To e-mail confidentially, write gannettblog[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the green sidebar, upper right.