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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
Revision as of 13:49, August 20, 2016
, 13:49, August 20, 2016→Conservative words and terms: namby-pamby: In 1726, poet Henry Carey first coined this term to ridicule rival poet Ambrose Philips, whose verses were unsophisticated. The modern meaning of the term developed a bit later.
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