Blog: Stereogum

For the past week, the internet has been a party to an entertainingly dumb debate about the exact definition of the archaic hip-hop term "illin'," which was an answer in Saturday's New York Times crossword. While the crossword clue indicated that the term meant "wack," others disagreed, leading to a semantic blood-feud between Times crossword editor Will Shortz and blogger Boobs Radley . Naturally, The Colbert Report decided to solve the dispute once and for all by bringing in the Beastie Boys' Mike D to mock-academically review both claims. The result: Good television! [...]