proof\ battleships

proof\ battleships
When two sub-editors or designers mark things as a mistakes or bad style on each others' proof pages purely as retaliation for marking something reasonable on theirs earlier.
Also known as proof jousting. Partly derived from calendar battleships - two people exchanging salvos of dates in an attempt to agree a meeting, either business or social.

Honestly, I was playing proof battleships with Tom all day yesterday. What a waste of time.


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