sorrowscript
/ˈsɒrəʊˌskrɪpt/nounVerified NewThe fixed, near-identical script followed by public apologies issued by creators and institutions.
Acknowledgment, accountability, concrete steps, gratitude for patience — the genre is so uniform that apologies can be template-matched. Audiences now read the deviations from the script as the actual news.
Etym. — sorrow + script — grief performed from a prompt book.
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