[techtalsky]

Thought it might interest you that the term is "burying the lede". One of those weird terms like "champing at the bit" or "eke out a living" that uses a word that sounds like a modern English word but is actually a slightly arcane word. In this case lede is "the introductory section of a news story that is intended to entice the reader to read the full story".

[alxndr]

For a bunch of reading about related "evolution" of arcane words, see Language Log's archive about "eggcorns": http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=49

[nvader]

Now I'm curious. I've got 'lede' -> 'lead' and 'champing' -> 'chomping'.

What's the "modern" term in "eke out a living"?

[nvader]

Okay, I found it myself. Apparently the word confused for "eke" is "eek". But their meanings are so different to me that I'm having trouble seeing it!

[techtalsky]

Well I always get a chuckle when I see people talking about 'eek'ing out a living, but I kind of get it. Eek! can be an exclamation of alarm, so eeking out a living would be just barely making it in a constant state of alarm. It changes the meaning of the term but lets you use it in a contextually similar way.

[javajosh]

Maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_paragraph