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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Does TCL mean tender loving care (a babysitting "company")?
Context:
Too fat for murder: TLC's Half-Ton Killer tells shocking tale of 1,100lb woman who confessed to killing her nephew - until her weight proved testimony was a LIE
By Deborah Arthurs and Victoria Wellman
..A new documentary is set to reveal the astonishing true life story of a woman who testified falsely to murder but was found innocent on the grounds that her burgeoning obesity could never have allowed her to commit the crime.
TLC's Half-Ton Killer? tells of how, in March 2008, Texan Mayra Rosales, 31, told police officers that she had killed her two-year-old nephew, Eliseo Jr, by accidentally rolling on top of him while babysitting.
Such was her 1,100lb frame, Mayra imagined her story to be believable, but after doctors revealed that the boy could only have died from a blow to the head, the reality that she was so big she couldn't move her arm, became her attorney's main argument for her defence.
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206873/Too-fat-murder-TLCs-Half-Ton-Killer-tells-shocking-tale-1-100lb-woman-confessed-killing-nephew--weight-proved-testimony-LIE.html?ICO=most_read_module
Too fat for murder: TLC's Half-Ton Killer tells shocking tale of 1,100lb woman who confessed to killing her nephew - until her weight proved testimony was a LIE
By Deborah Arthurs and Victoria Wellman
..A new documentary is set to reveal the astonishing true life story of a woman who testified falsely to murder but was found innocent on the grounds that her burgeoning obesity could never have allowed her to commit the crime.
TLC's Half-Ton Killer? tells of how, in March 2008, Texan Mayra Rosales, 31, told police officers that she had killed her two-year-old nephew, Eliseo Jr, by accidentally rolling on top of him while babysitting.
Such was her 1,100lb frame, Mayra imagined her story to be believable, but after doctors revealed that the boy could only have died from a blow to the head, the reality that she was so big she couldn't move her arm, became her attorney's main argument for her defence.
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206873/Too-fat-murder-TLCs-Half-Ton-Killer-tells-shocking-tale-1-100lb-woman-confessed-killing-nephew--weight-proved-testimony-LIE.html?ICO=most_read_module
Top answer
TLC is the name of an American cable TV specialty channel. the very fat lady. I could not find the meaning of the acronym on-line.
- TLC is the name of an American cable TV specialty channel.
- the very fat lady.
- I could not find the meaning of the acronym on-line.
- It may mean 'tender loving care' or it may stand for something else.
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TLC is the name of an American cable TV specialty channel. It is the producer of that documentary on the fat lady...the very fat lady.
I could not find the meaning of the acronym on-line. It may mean 'tender loving care' or it may stand for something else.
I could not find the meaning of the acronym on-line. It may mean 'tender loving care' or it may stand for something else.
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TLC means "tender loving care". The full expression comes from Shakespeare.The abbreviation was invented by the British medical profession, as a euphemistic way of saying that there was no hope to save a cancer patient's life and that "tender loving care" was the only treatment possible.
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mjcbrownThe full expression comes from ShakespeareCould you show us where, mjc?
Thanks, Gus, that makes perfect sense. I was surprised not to find it spelt out on their homepage.
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