Should The Post Explain "Hug It Out"?

Easily our favorite letter of the week…

From the Post:

    In the July 20 Sports section, the following photo caption appeared: “Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, left, and Jesse L. Jackson hug it out after Bonds hit career home runs Nos. 752 and 753 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.”

    Most of your readers probably are not familiar with the phrase “hug it out,” which means, according to http://www.urbandictionary.com, either “for two people (usually male) to hug one another to help one or both get over anger or sadness” or “while engaged in an argument with someone, and the argument becomes public ( i.e.,

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