Typo of the Day: Actually, This is Probably the Typo of a Lifetime

ln writing about the FBI's inquiry into the Chattanooga, Tennessee shootings, The Boston Globe made a typo that should send everyone to their weekend with a smile.

Here it is again.

Ed Reinhold, FBI, says FBI has investifarted about 70 leads already. Live Video: http://t.co/nXuiv3rwFm

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 17, 2015

The Boston Globe straight up owned their mistake, while also giving us the sweet present of saying as part of their policy, they do not delete tweets with typos.

As policy we does not delete typographical errors on Twitter, but do correct #investifarted https://t.co/lT5Bz7WP6f https://t.co/x4UGGA3RSE

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 17, 2015

All of that in a tweet, which contains a typo in itself.

Well, as you would imagine, Twitter had itself a little love affair with the hashtag:

The FBI does their spying at Chipotle. #investifarted pic.twitter.com/Y1zykJEiB1

— Sam Roberts (@notsam) July 17, 2015

I guess they couldn't hold it in any longer and just let it fly. Never be downwind of the news. #investifarted https://t.co/EpyZpjc60h

— Lindsey Vehlewald (@LVehlewald) July 17, 2015

Meanwhile the @BostonGlobe's chief investifartive reporter is like, "hey, why is everybody laughing?" #investifarted

— Chris Boutet (@chrisboutet) July 17, 2015

#investifarted Definition: The act of investigating the origin of a fart. Example: "Bro, did you fart?"

— Brenden Dilley (@Hublife) July 17, 2015

It also gave birth to this beauty of a gif, found on Jezebel.



Happy weekend!