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Talk:Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
Revision as of 22:33, January 31, 2013
, 22:33, January 31, 2013→Proposed changes
:As to your second issue, when a word goes to a level higher than the root (as "scapegoating" does), then its new date and usage are more relevant.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:50, 31 January 2013 (EST)
:As to your second issue, when a word goes to a level higher than the root (as "scapegoating" does), then its new date and usage are more relevant.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:50, 31 January 2013 (EST)
::Mightn't some consider "claptrap" to be just as much a smear/namecalling word as quackery?
::Also, my only dispute with boomerang is its date. It was used as a verb in the 1880s and since the explanation is for the word indicates it's the action of boomeranging (as opposed to a crooked stick) I think that date should be used. [[User:WilcoxD|WilcoxD]] 17:33, 31 January 2013 (EST)
== Conservative Words hypothesis is errant ==
== Conservative Words hypothesis is errant ==