The CW Wants You to Catch VD

A new billboard campaign for The CW series Vampire Diaries is causing some concern for its reference to an older descriptor for sexually transmitted diseases, venereal disease. The CW, however, scoffs at the concern with a spokesperson saying, VD simply stands for Vampire Diaries, and anyone who thinks otherwise should probably get themselves checked out."

Harsh as those words are, it's refreshing to see a company stand up to complaints once in a while. That said, the phrase venereal disease hasn't completely vanished from the lexicon and is bound to cause curiosity among those with a few more birthdays under their belt than that of the typical Vampire Diaries viewer.