"after the jump"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Isn't the usual phrase "after the break."

Nobody on CNN or Fox, at least, says "after the jump," to my knowledge.

JL

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:

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> AtJ has always meant, in my mind, after the interruption for commercials.
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> On 3/15/2011 7:35 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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