article = """
        Senator johnson was caught stealing a smartphone on election night.
        witnesses say that he allegedly took the smartphone from a kindly old
        lady while she was washing her electric car. republican and democrat
        congressional leaders have vowed to hold hearings.  Senator johnson could
        not be reached for comment.
        """

function translateNews(article::String, boringWords::Array, funWords::Array)
    article = lowercase(article)
    for i in 1:size(boringWords, 1)
        article = replace(article, boringWords[i], funWords[i])
    end
    return article
end

println(translateNews(article,boring_news,xkcd))