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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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|[[action-at-a-distance]]
|[[action-at-a-distance]]
|1693
|1693
|[[Newton]]'s acceptance of this concept -- which became fundamental to [[electrostatics]] and [[quantum mechanics]] and has a basis in Christianity<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Jesus]]'s cure of the centurion's slave.</ref> -- was central to the development of his theory of gravity.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-philosophy/#ActDis</ref> [[Materialists]] censor this concept, while Einstein criticized it as "spooky".
|[[Newton]]'s acceptance of this concept—which became fundamental to [[electrostatics]] and [[quantum mechanics]] and has a basis in Christianity<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Jesus]]'s cure of the centurion's slave.</ref>—was central to the development of his theory of gravity.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-philosophy/#ActDis</ref> [[Materialists]] censor this concept, while Einstein criticized it as "spooky".
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|activism
|activism
|[[Apostles' Creed]]
|[[Apostles' Creed]]
|1658
|1658
|a concise statement of [[Christian]] [[faith]] that began with the original [[Apostles]] and has guided billions since. (The earliest historical evidence of the creed's existence is in a letter written by the Council of Milan in 390 A.D. <ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/articles/churchhomeleadership/080730.html Christianity Today]]</ref>)
|a concise statement of [[Christian]] [[faith]] that began with the original [[Apostles]] and has guided billions since. (The earliest historical evidence of the creed's existence is in a letter written by the Council of Milan in 390 A.D.<ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/articles/churchhomeleadership/080730.html Christianity Today]</ref>)
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|apparatchik
|apparatchik
|apple pie
|apple pie
|1780
|1780
|honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditionally American values. <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20pie Merriam-webster- Apple pie]</ref>
|honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditionally American values.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20pie Merriam-webster- Apple pie]</ref>
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|assimilate
|assimilate
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|bake sale
|bake sale
|1903<ref>Citizen Patriot of Jackson, Michigan, “Albion,” pg. 6, (Nov. 21, 1903) [http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2011/03/27/origin-of-the-bake-sale-and-maddows-bakesales-for-bombersbakesales-or-billionaires/]</ref>
|1903<ref>[http://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2011/03/27/origin-of-the-bake-sale-and-maddows-bakesales-for-bombersbakesales-or-billionaires/ Citizen Patriot of Jackson, Michigan, “Albion,” pg. 6, (Nov. 21, 1903)]</ref>
|the activity of volunteers, typically women, baking good food and selling it to raise money for a worthy cause
|the activity of volunteers, typically women, baking good food and selling it to raise money for a worthy cause
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|can-do
|can-do
|1903 <ref> according to the Oxford English Dictionary. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do Miram-webster] gives the date of 1945 </ref>
|1903 <ref>according to the Oxford English Dictionary. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do Miram-webster] gives the date of 1945</ref>
|Phrase coined in a short story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] that has come to refer to an attitude that espouses individual ability and responsibility and not reliance on [[entitlements]]
|Phrase coined in a short story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] that has come to refer to an attitude that espouses individual ability and responsibility and not reliance on [[entitlements]]
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|[[creation science]]
|[[creation science]]
|1970s
|1970s
|a term coined by the anti-[[evolution|evolutionist]] [[Henry Morris]].<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801716.html</ref>
|a term coined by the anti-[[evolution]]ist [[Henry Morris]].<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801716.html</ref>
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|creativity
|creativity
|duplicitous
|duplicitous
|1928
|1928
|someone -- particularly a liberal politician -- who deceptively says one thing when he really intends to do something else
|someone—particularly a liberal politician—who deceptively says one thing when he really intends to do something else
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|Eagle Scout
|Eagle Scout
|fat farm
|fat farm
|1969
|1969
|a place where obese people -- such as self-centered [[atheists]] -- might go to try to lose weight
|a place where obese people—such as self-centered [[atheists]]—might go to try to lose weight
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|father figure
|father figure
|fuzzy math
|fuzzy math
|1937
|1937
|non-computational math designed to obscure the differences between the correct answers and the incorrect -- but perhaps politically motivated -- answers
|non-computational math designed to obscure the differences between the correct answers and the incorrect—but perhaps politically motivated—answers
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|galvanize
|galvanize
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|[[home rule]]
|[[home rule]]
|1855<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/home-rule Dictionary.com estimates the first use as being at 1855-60]</ref>
|1855<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/home-rule Dictionary.com estimates the first use as being at 1855-60]</ref>
|self-government on an issue at a local level, as in curriculum in education being established by a school district rather than the state or federal government
|self-government on an issue at a local level, as in curriculum in education being established by a school district rather than the state or federal government
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|killjoy
|killjoy
|1776
|1776
|one who spoils the pleasure of others. <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killjoy Killjoy 1776 Mer-Web]</ref> ''Example''-Vandals seek to disrupt conservative wikis, an education project. They are a killjoy to the learning process.
|one who spoils the pleasure of others.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killjoy Killjoy 1776 Mer-Web]</ref> ''Example''-Vandals seek to disrupt conservative wikis, an education project. They are a killjoy to the learning process.
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|kiss of death
|kiss of death
|lunatic fringe
|lunatic fringe
|1913
|1913
|coined by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to describe members of eccentric, radical or extremist groups<ref> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lunatic</ref>
|coined by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to describe members of eccentric, radical or extremist groups<ref>http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lunatic</ref>
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|machismo
|machismo
|nonstarter
|nonstarter
|1902
|1902
|an idea -- typically a [[liberal]] one -- that has no possibility of being productive
|an idea—typically a [[liberal]] one—that has no possibility of being productive
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|null set
|null set
|portability
|portability
|1965
|1965
|the degree to which something -- particularly software -- may be easily moved with minimal expense from one technology platform to another; parables are effective because of their portability among languages
|the degree to which something—particularly software—may be easily moved with minimal expense from one technology platform to another; parables are effective because of their portability among languages
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|pork barrel
|pork barrel
|[[post-abortive]]
|[[post-abortive]]
|1986
|1986
|the unexpected trauma and physical harm -- which can worsen over time -- that is experienced by a woman after having an [[abortion]]; coined by Dr. Kaye Cash in an editorial describing what she learned during a 365-mile walk in southeast Arkansas to speak with the public about abortion<ref>Editorial by Kaye Cash, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR), October 23, 1986.</ref>
|the unexpected trauma and physical harm—which can worsen over time—that is experienced by a woman after having an [[abortion]]; coined by Dr. Kaye Cash in an editorial describing what she learned during a 365-mile walk in southeast Arkansas to speak with the public about abortion<ref>Editorial by Kaye Cash, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR), October 23, 1986.</ref>
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|potential
|potential
|rapture
|rapture
|1629
|1629
|spiritual ecstasy[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rapture]
|spiritual ecstasy [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rapture]
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|[[recidivism]]
|[[recidivism]]
|smoke and mirrors
|smoke and mirrors
|1979
|1979
|something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue. <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/smoke%20and%20mirrors Smoke and Mirrors, Merriam-Webster]</ref> Widely used during the 1990s to describe [[Bill Clinton]]'s political strategy.
|something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/smoke%20and%20mirrors Smoke and Mirrors, Merriam-Webster]</ref> Widely used during the 1990s to describe [[Bill Clinton]]'s political strategy.
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|smoke-filled room
|smoke-filled room
|spin doctor
|spin doctor
|1984
|1984
|someone ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/asia/22policy.html?_r=2 General Petraeus describes Axelrod by Bob Woodward]</ref>
|someone ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/asia/22policy.html?_r=2 General Petraeus describes Axelrod by Bob Woodward]</ref>
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|spot-on
|spot-on
|War on Terror
|War on Terror
|2001
|2001
|no listing at Merriam-Webster; on February 2, 2009 (less than two weeks after inauguration), Obama dropped use of this term. <ref>[http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17455 Obama administration drops 'war on terror' phrase] Pew Forum, February 2, 2009</ref>
|no listing at Merriam-Webster; on February 2, 2009 (less than two weeks after inauguration), Obama dropped use of this term.<ref>[http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17455 Obama administration drops 'war on terror' phrase] Pew Forum, February 2, 2009</ref>
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|washed-up
|washed-up
|Yankee Ingenuity
|Yankee Ingenuity
|1761
|1761
|America's inhabitants had a knack for clever design and capitalist success. The early Americans had applied their exceptional skills prior to the terms existence, see [[Eli Whitney]] and [[Benjamin Franklin]].
|America's inhabitants had a knack for clever design and capitalist success. The early Americans had applied their exceptional skills prior to the terms existence, see [[Eli Whitney]] and [[Benjamin Franklin]].
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|yellow journalism
|yellow journalism
*[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com]
*[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com]
== See Also ==
== See also ==
* [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]]
* Essay:Best New Conservative Words
* [[Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary]]
* [[Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary]]
* [[Downgraded Conservative Terms]]
* [[Downgraded Conservative Terms]]