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|[[elitism]]
 
|[[elitism]]
 
|1950
 
|1950
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|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
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|a home after the children have grown and left
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|a family home after children have grown and left
 
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|[[entitlement]]
 
|[[entitlement]]
 
|1944
 
|1944
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|a liberal welfare state's "reward" for refusing to work hard and succeed
 
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|entrepreneur
 
|entrepreneur
 
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|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]]
 
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|1916
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|widespread use after a speech by Vice President [[Dan Quayle]], 1992  
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|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
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|someone who fulfills the essential role of a father
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|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>
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|stir up exaggerated fear by the public, typically to expand government
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|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
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|what liberals do to students in [[public schools]] today in training them to be [[atheist]]ic socialists
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|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
 
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|1914
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|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
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|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]]
 
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|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
 
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|1949
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|areas of the world free of communism
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|areas of the world free of communism, fascism, and other dystopian, oppressive liberal governments
 
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|freeloader
 
|freeloader
 
|1934
 
|1934
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|someone who avoids paying or working for his share of a benefit
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|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
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|abuse of alcohol/marijuana eventually leads to harder drugs cocaine/heroin
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|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
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|popularized by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], beginning when he campaigned for President [[George H.W. Bush]] by referring to his [[liberal]] opponents as "girlie men"
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|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
 
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|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
 
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|someone who works hard with unwavering determination to achieve a goal
 
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|[[gold standard]]
 
|[[gold standard]]
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