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| | |[[American dream]] | | |[[American dream]] |
| | |1911<ref>1911 is the date given by the "OED", which refers to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives a date of 1931.</ref> | | |1911<ref>1911 is the date given by the "OED", which refers to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives a date of 1931.</ref> |
| − | |the vision that, with hard work, anyone in American can attain happiness and prosperity | + | |the vision that, with hard work, anyone in America can attain happiness and prosperity |
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| | |[[American exceptionalism]] | | |[[American exceptionalism]] |
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| | |apathetic | | |apathetic |
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| − | |term critical of the those who are deliberately inactive and disengaged mentally | + | |term critical of those who are deliberately inactive and disengaged mentally |
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| | |[[apple pie]] | | |[[apple pie]] |
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| − | |honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditionally American values.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20pie Merriam-webster- Apple pie]</ref> | + | |honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditional American values.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20pie Merriam-webster- Apple pie]</ref> |
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| | |arm-twisting | | |arm-twisting |
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| | |[[baby boom]] | | |[[baby boom]] |
| | |1920<ref>[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/baby-boomer.html Baby boomer] phrases.org.uk, retrieved August 30, 2012</ref> | | |1920<ref>[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/baby-boomer.html Baby boomer] phrases.org.uk, retrieved August 30, 2012</ref> |
| − | |an increase in birthrate, which is a good thing; note that what is known as post-World War II baby boom actually started before the war, contrary to what textbooks teach. Perpetuating the mistake, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the generation born between 1946 and 1964 as the baby boomers.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb06-ffse01-2.html Newsroom: Facts for Features - Special Edition - The Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!]</ref> | + | |an increase in birthrate, which is a good thing; note that what is known as the post-World War II baby boom actually started before the war, contrary to what textbooks teach. Perpetuating the mistake, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the generation born between 1946 and 1964 as the baby boomers.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb06-ffse01-2.html Newsroom: Facts for Features - Special Edition - The Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!]</ref> |
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| | |bargain hunter | | |bargain hunter |
| | |1911 | | |1911 |
| − | |a [[conservative]] trait that helps keep [[inflation]] low. First usage in courts occurred when the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down a regulation and explained that the improper regulation was too broad and not limited to protection against schemes that deceive a "veteran bargain hunter." ''Kanne v. Segerstrom Piano Mfg. Co.'', 118 Minn. 483, 487, 137 N.W. 170, 171 (1912). | + | |a [[conservative]] trait that helps keep [[inflation]] low. The first usage in courts occurred when the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down a regulation and explained that the improper regulation was too broad and not limited to protection against schemes that deceive a "veteran bargain hunter." ''Kanne v. Segerstrom Piano Mfg. Co.'', 118 Minn. 483, 487, 137 N.W. 170, 171 (1912). |
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| | |[[baseball]] | | |[[baseball]] |
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| | |Big arrow offensive | | |Big arrow offensive |
| | |2022 | | |2022 |
| − | |refers to old fashioned massed military formations and offensives prior to the advent of modern [[intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance]]. | + | |refers to old-fashioned massed military formations and offensives prior to the advent of modern [[intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance]]. |
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| | |[[Big Brother]] | | |[[Big Brother]] |
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| | |born-again | | |born-again |
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| − | |it takes an open mind and heart; term's origin can be traced to [[John Wyclif]]'s 1382 translation of the [[Bible]]: "But a man schal be born agen." | + | |it takes an open mind and heart; this term's origin can be traced to [[John Wyclif]]'s 1382 translation of the [[Bible]]: "But a man schal be born agen." |
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| | |devotee | | |devotee |
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| − | |ardent follower, supporter, or loyalty to. 56 years separates devotee and devoted | + | |ardent follower, supporter, or loyalty to. 56 years separates devotee and devoted in etymology. |
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| | |{{Anchor|Dumpster diving}} | | |{{Anchor|Dumpster diving}} |
| − | Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can be used rather than discarded; first known use: "Restaurant and store owners have complained about drunks panhandling during the day and 'dumpster diving' through trash at night."<ref>Phil Long, "Special Wing for Drunks Suggested at Future Jail," Miami Herald D1 (Nov. 24, 1982).</ref> It is also a popular method used by watchdog groups; they rummage through the trash of organizations they consider to be corrupt, hoping to find evidence to use against them (televangelist Robert Tilton's ministry was brought down in such a manner; thousands of prayer requests -- with all the donations removed -- were found in the dumpster of his attorney). The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''Kissinger v. New York Times'' ruled that when a person throws something in the trash, they forfeit any claims to property rights over the discarded items. | + | Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can be used rather than discarded; first known use: "Restaurant and store owners have complained about drunks panhandling during the day and 'dumpster diving' through trash at night."<ref>Phil Long, "Special Wing for Drunks Suggested at Future Jail," ''Miami Herald'' D1 (Nov. 24, 1982).</ref> It is also a popular method used by watchdog groups; they rummage through the trash of organizations they consider to be corrupt, hoping to find evidence to use against them (televangelist Robert Tilton's ministry was brought down in such a manner; thousands of prayer requests -- with all the donations removed -- were found in the dumpster of his attorney). The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''Kissinger v. New York Times'' ruled that when a person throws something in the trash, they forfeit any claims to property rights over the discarded items. |
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| | |[[Good Samaritan]] | | |[[Good Samaritan]] |
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| − | |a person who performs acts of voluntary charity, as did a Samaritan in one of Jesus' parables | + | |a person who performs acts of voluntary charity, as did a Samaritan in one of [[Jesus]]'s [[parable]]s |
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| | |[[irreducible complexity]] | | |[[irreducible complexity]] |
| | |1935 | | |1935 |
| − | |coined<ref>[[Alan Turing]] reportedly used the term for a completely different meaning that went nowhere. [http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/nasty-feelings-in-the-ool-community-toward-yockey/]</ref> and later adopted and developed by [[Michael Behe]] to describe structure or system that could not possibly have evolved, because removing any part makes it nonfunctional, thereby showing that [[God]] must have created it whole into biology; if the [[Nobel Prize]] were not dominated by [[atheism]], Behe could win one for this insight. | + | |coined<ref>[[Alan Turing]] reportedly used the term for a completely different meaning that went nowhere. [http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/nasty-feelings-in-the-ool-community-toward-yockey/]</ref> and later adopted and developed by [[Michael Behe]] to describe structure or system that could not possibly have evolved, because removing any part makes it nonfunctional, thereby showing that [[God]] must have created it whole into biology; if the [[Nobel Prize]] were not dominated by [[atheism]], Behe could win one for this insight. |
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| | |originalism | | |originalism |
| | |1985 | | |1985 |
| − | |taken from original intent, The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it | + | |taken from the concept of "original intent." The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it |
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| | |Parkinson's Law | | |Parkinson's Law |
| | |1955 | | |1955 |
| − | |how bureaucracies expand regardless of the productivity, and how inefficient work expands to fill the time available for its completion | + | |how bureaucracies expand regardless of productivity, and how inefficient work expands to fill the time available for its completion |
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| | |[[Parthian shot]] | | |[[Parthian shot]] |
| | |1832 | | |1832 |
| − | |a negative term for the tactic of expressing a criticism while one exits, just as the ancient Parthians would shoot arrows while retreating in battle. This tactic is common among those who reject [[conservative]] truths, as seen when left-leaning editors leave ''Conservapedia''. | + | |a negative term for the tactic of expressing criticism while one exits, just as the ancient Parthians would shoot arrows while retreating in battle. This tactic is common among those who reject [[conservative]] truths, as seen when left-leaning editors leave ''Conservapedia''. |
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| | |plandemic | | |plandemic |
| | |2020 | | |2020 |
| − | |politically motivated hysteria over a pandemic, in order to advance [[Leftist]] goals such as mail-in voting and increased government control though vaccine mandates and passports, and mandatory masking of schoolchildren | + | |politically motivated hysteria over a pandemic, in order to advance [[Leftist]] goals such as mail-in voting and increased government control through vaccine mandates and passports, and mandatory masking of schoolchildren |
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| | |play in Peoria | | |play in Peoria |
| | |1969 | | |1969 |
| − | |a saying in defiance of the [[liberal media]]-dominated culture on the coasts, first used in this way by President [[Richard Nixon]]'s aide [[John D. Ehrlichman]] in response to the press: "Don't worry, it'll play in Peoria."<ref>Scheetz, George H. "Peoria." In Place Names in the Midwestern United States. Edited by Edward Callary. (Studies in Onomastices; 1.) Mellen Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7734-7723-3</ref> | + | |a saying in defiance of the [[liberal media]]-dominated culture on the coasts, first used in this way by President [[Richard Nixon]]'s aide [[John D. Ehrlichman]] in response to the press: "Don't worry, it'll play in Peoria."<ref>Scheetz, George H. "Peoria." In Place Names in the Midwestern United States. Edited by Edward Callary. (Studies in Onomastics; 1.) Mellen Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7734-7723-3</ref> |
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| | |Potemkin village | | |Potemkin village |
| | |1935 | | |1935 |
| − | |a phony facade designed to distract the public from a disgraceful condition, typically used to describe deception by government against the people | + | |a phony facade designed to distract the public from a disgraceful condition, typically used to describe deception by a government against the people |
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| − | |someone who smokes marijuana and doesn't realize its longterm negative psychological effects | + | |someone who smokes marijuana and doesn't realize its long-term negative psychological effects |
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| | |[[price fixing]] | | |[[price fixing]] |
| | |1920 | | |1920 |
| − | |the setting of prices in interference of the [[free market]]; it is illegal for private companies to do this, but government itself sometimes does it | + | |the setting of prices in interference of the [[free market]]; it is illegal for private companies to do this, but the government itself sometimes does it |
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| − | |an official term used by the government to describe someone who depends on payments from government | + | |an official term used by the government to describe someone who depends on payments from the government |
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| | |publicity stunt | | |publicity stunt |
| | |1969<ref>Earlier usage in the 1900s may have occurred, but the term "stunt" was not coined until 1878.</ref> | | |1969<ref>Earlier usage in the 1900s may have occurred, but the term "stunt" was not coined until 1878.</ref> |
| − | |Used on April 10, 1969 by Republican Senators who withdrew from a tour and probe by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]], criticizing him for his "publicity stunt" in preparation for his expected run for the presidency; the [[Chappaquiddick incident]] sunk his chances three months later. | + | |Used on April 10, 1969, by Republican Senators who withdrew from a tour and probe by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]], criticizing him for his "publicity stunt" in preparation for his expected run for the presidency; the [[Chappaquiddick incident]] sunk his chances three months later. |
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| | |reverse discrimination | | |reverse discrimination |
| | |1969 | | |1969 |
| − | |the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better qualified person | + | |the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better-qualified person |
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| | |Rogue state | | |Rogue state |
| | |1993 | | |1993 |
| − | |(Originally used in 1993 then reintroduced in 2002.) A 'rogue state' displays no regard for international law. It attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction and other military technology with which to threaten neighbouring countries and support terrorism. Rogue states often reject human values and brutalize their own people. | + | |(Originally used in 1993 then reintroduced in 2002.) A 'rogue state' displays no regard for international law. It attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction and other military technology with which to threaten neighboring countries and support terrorism. Rogue states often reject human values and brutalize their own people. |
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| | |role model | | |role model |
| | |1957 | | |1957 |
| | |someone, such as a parent, teacher, athlete, statesman, or any walk of life, who inspires others by their everyday conduct | | |someone, such as a parent, teacher, athlete, statesman, or any walk of life, who inspires others by their everyday conduct |
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| | + | |rope-a-dope |
| | + | |1974<ref>Coined by [[Muhammed Ali]] immediately after he won a stunning upset in his famous boxing match, "The Rumble in the Jungle," on October 30, 1974.</ref> |
| | + | |a strategy, first coined in boxing by the victorious [[Muhammed Ali]] of initially remaining passive and deflecting attacks while an adversary tires himself out or demonstrates his lack of effectiveness; some similarity with the [[New Testament]] advice to "turn the other cheek." |
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| | |1924 | | |1924 |
| − | |a word invented by the [[best of the public]] as part of contest to describe people who are contemptuous of laws and repeatedly violate them | + | |a word invented by the [[best of the public]] as part of a contest to describe people who are contemptuous of laws and repeatedly violate them |
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| | |[[silent majority]] | | |[[silent majority]] |
| | |1969 | | |1969 |
| − | |coined by President [[Richard Nixon]] in his speech to the nation on Nov. 3, 1969<ref>http://watergate.info/nixon/silent-majority-speech-1969.shtml</ref>; refers to the large conservative population in America silenced by liberal media | + | |coined by President [[Richard Nixon]] in his speech to the nation on Nov. 3, 1969;<ref>http://watergate.info/nixon/silent-majority-speech-1969.shtml</ref> refers to the largely conservative population in America silenced by liberal media |
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| | |1955<ref>first use was [[British]] but the term was popularized by the Nixon Administration in response to protests against the [[Vietnam War]]</ref> | | |1955<ref>first use was [[British]] but the term was popularized by the Nixon Administration in response to protests against the [[Vietnam War]]</ref> |
| − | |a poetic term for those conservative Americans silenced by liberal media despite being greater in numbers; the term is reminder not to give a heckler, a protester, or a vocal minority more deference than they deserve when the silent majority properly opposes their views | + | |a poetic term for those conservative Americans silenced by liberal media despite being greater in numbers; the term is a reminder not to give a heckler, a protester, or a vocal minority more deference than they deserve when the silent majority properly opposes their views |
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| | |smoking gun | | |smoking gun |
| | |1974 | | |1974 |
| − | |a law-and-order term, "smoking gun" was first used as figurative term in a reported judicial decision in ''Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp.'', 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12775 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 20, 1975), and many literal uses of the term in court decisions before that! | + | |a law-and-order term, "smoking gun" was first used as a figurative term in a reported judicial decision in ''Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp.'', 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12775 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 20, 1975), and many literal uses of the term in court decisions before that! |
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| − | |this term originated at [[MIT]] to describe a programming class which consumed enormous amounts of students' time | + | |this term originated at [[MIT]] to describe a programming class that consumed enormous amounts of students' time |
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| | |wasteland | | |wasteland |
| | |1825 | | |1825 |
| − | |first figurative use was in 1868; [[T.S. Eliot]] wrote poem with this title (as two words) in 1922.<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/word/wasteland</ref> Fits perfectly the meaning conveyed in the "kingdom divided" teaching in [[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)#12:25|Matthew 12:25]]. | + | |first figurative use was in 1868; [[T.S. Eliot]] wrote a poem with this title (as two words) in 1922.<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/word/wasteland</ref> Fits perfectly the meaning conveyed in the "kingdom divided" teaching in [[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)#12:25|Matthew 12:25]]. |
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| | |[[ziggurat]] | | |[[ziggurat]] |
| | |1877 | | |1877 |
| − | |an ancient house of worship first constructed by the Mesopotamian civilization; predicted by [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] in the story of the [[Tower of Babel]], the existence of the ziggurats were unknown to the Western world throughout most of history | + | |an ancient house of worship first constructed by the Mesopotamian civilization; predicted by [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] in the story of the [[Tower of Babel]], the existence of the ziggurats was unknown to the Western world throughout most of history |
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