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| | |[[elitism]] | | |[[elitism]] |
| | |1950 | | |1950 |
| − | | | + | |an attitude or belief in one's superiority based solely on membership in a particular group or community, especially liberals |
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| | |[[embryoscopy]] | | |[[embryoscopy]] |
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| | |empty nest | | |empty nest |
| | |1962 | | |1962 |
| − | |a home after the children have grown and left | + | |a family home after children have grown and left |
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| | |[[entitlement]] | | |[[entitlement]] |
| | |1944 | | |1944 |
| − | | | + | |a liberal welfare state's "reward" for refusing to work hard and succeed |
| | |- | | |- |
| | |entrepreneur | | |entrepreneur |
| | |1852 | | |1852 |
| − | | | + | |a brave person willing to take the necessary risks to establish a business, often found in the free market enterprise system |
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| | |[[ethnic voting]] | | |[[ethnic voting]] |
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| | |[[family values]] | | |[[family values]] |
| | |1916 | | |1916 |
| − | |widespread use after a speech by Vice President [[Dan Quayle]], 1992 | + | |a moral code that binds together and strengthens a typical family unit; widespread use after a speech by Vice President [[Dan Quayle]], 1992 |
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| | |fat farm | | |fat farm |
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| | |father figure | | |father figure |
| | |1934 | | |1934 |
| − | |someone who fulfills the essential role of a father | + | |someone who fulfills the essential role of a father, biological or figurative |
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| | |faux conservative | | |faux conservative |
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| | |fear-mongering | | |fear-mongering |
| | |1938<ref>The ''[[New York Times]]'' attributed the first use -- ironically -- to President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].</ref> | | |1938<ref>The ''[[New York Times]]'' attributed the first use -- ironically -- to President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].</ref> |
| − | |stir up exaggerated fear by the public, typically to expand government | + | |a method of stirring up exaggerated fear by the public, typically to expand government |
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| | |feedback | | |feedback |
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| | |force-feed | | |force-feed |
| | |1901 | | |1901 |
| − | |what liberals do to students in [[public schools]] today in training them to be [[atheist]]ic socialists | + | |to force someone to accept something, often against that person's will; what liberals do to students in [[public schools]] today in training them to be [[atheist]]ic socialists |
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| | |[[Essay: Fornonormativity|fornonormativity]] | | |[[Essay: Fornonormativity|fornonormativity]] |
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| | |Founding Fathers | | |Founding Fathers |
| | |1914 | | |1914 |
| − | |the several dozen [[Christian]] men <ref>[http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html Religious Affiliation of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Adherents.com]</ref> who helped draft the formative documents of the United States | + | |the several dozen [[Christian]]s<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html Religious Affiliation of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Adherents.com]</ref>, not semi-secular deists, contrary to popular belief, who helped draft the formative documents of the United States |
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| | |[[free enterprise]] | | |[[free enterprise]] |
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| | |[[free market]] | | |[[free market]] |
| | |1907 | | |1907 |
| − | | | + | |an economy wherein anyone can run a business with limited government intervention, if not none at all |
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| | |free speech | | |free speech |
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| | |free world | | |free world |
| | |1949 | | |1949 |
| − | |areas of the world free of communism | + | |areas of the world free of communism, fascism, and other dystopian, oppressive liberal governments |
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| | |freeloader | | |freeloader |
| | |1934 | | |1934 |
| − | |someone who avoids paying or working for his share of a benefit | + | |someone who avoids paying or working to earn a share of a benefit |
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| | |frontiersmen | | |frontiersmen |
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| | |gateway drug | | |gateway drug |
| | |1982 | | |1982 |
| − | |abuse of alcohol/marijuana eventually leads to harder drugs cocaine/heroin | + | |a slang term describing an addictive substance that can lead to a more addictive substance, as in when abuse of alcohol/marijuana eventually leads to harder drugs cocaine/heroin |
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| | |[[gerrymandering]] | | |[[gerrymandering]] |
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| | |girlie men | | |girlie men |
| | |1988 | | |1988 |
| − | |popularized by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], beginning when he campaigned for President [[George H.W. Bush]] by referring to his [[liberal]] opponents as "girlie men" | + | |popularized by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] before he became [[California]]'s Republican governor, beginning when he campaigned for President [[George H.W. Bush]] by referring to his [[liberal]] opponents as "girlie men" |
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| | |Giving Tuesday | | |Giving Tuesday |
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| | |godsend | | |godsend |
| | |1820 | | |1820 |
| − | | | + | |something so miraculous that there is no other explanation for it other than it being a blessing from God; can be used positively in both the literal and figurative sense |
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| | |go-getter | | |go-getter |
| | |1921 | | |1921 |
| − | | | + | |someone who works hard with unwavering determination to achieve a goal |
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| | |[[gold standard]] | | |[[gold standard]] |