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| | |[[filibuster]] | | |[[filibuster]] |
| | |1851 | | |1851 |
| − | | | + | |The filibuster is no longer allowed under House of Representative rules, but is still allowed under Senate rules, as well as in some state legislatures. |
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| | |incandescent | | |incandescent |
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| | |jabberwocky | | |jabberwocky |
| | |1902 | | |1902 |
| − | |talking nonsense | + | |talking nonsense; the term comes from the Lewis Carroll poem of the same name, which contains numerous nonsensical words |
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| | |level playing field | | |level playing field |