Devolution of language - Revision history

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DavidB4-bot: /* top */clean up & uniformity

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DavidB4-bot: /* References */clean up

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References: clean up

JoeyJ: /* See also */

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TauIotaTau at 22:31, January 16, 2011

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SamuelC at 23:39, April 17, 2010

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AZF at 18:37, October 7, 2009

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LarsJ at 01:00, June 15, 2009

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DeniseM at 15:06, February 5, 2009

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DeniseM: I think we're grown-up enough that we can cite the word rather than allude to it and force readers to click a link to see what we mean.

2009-02-05T14:58:09Z

I think we're grown-up enough that we can cite the word rather than allude to it and force readers to click a link to see what we mean.

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 * "Average" originally referred to a financial loss incurred due to damage to goods while being shipped between ports or cities. The word took on its modern meaning of "typical" in the late 18th century, suggesting a rise in the tolerance of mediocrity.
 * "Pathetic" originally meant "moving, capable of stirring up powerful emotions." The meaning of "so piteous as to be laughable" only appeared in the early 20th century at a time when language was being emasculated by liberals.
-* "Anal" originally was an adjective referring to the rectal area. Since the lunacies of Freudian terminology penetrated American English in the late 1950's, this word has come to mean "overly fussy."
+* "Anal" originally was an adjective referring to the rectal area. Since the lunacies of Freudian terminology penetrated American English in the late 1950s, this word has come to mean "overly fussy."
 * "Pride" originally referred to having a lofty view of one self or one's own, and is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.  Now, it is used by homosexuals to refer to their love of their own views (gay pride parades).

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 * "bias" now means "anything described by the opposing viewpoint that conflicts with the viewer's viewpoint" whereas it used to mean "described to fit a specific viewpoint".
 * "civil rights" used to refer to ensuring equality between the races, but now, to organizations like the [[ACLU]], it involves ridiculous causes like promotion of the [[gay agenda]] and pro-abortion rights
-* "gay" once meant "noble, good", then "carefree and happy", and has taken on the meanings of dissolute, promiscuous; frivolous, hedonistic (16th century), as "homosexual" as of the 1920s, and "Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of" as of the 1970s. <ref>OED</ref>
+* "gay" once meant "noble, good", then "carefree and happy", and has taken on the meanings of dissolute, promiscuous; frivolous, hedonistic (16th century), as "homosexual" as of the 1920s, and "Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of" as of the 1970s.<ref>OED</ref>
 * Several terms meaning "weak", "weak-willed", or "[[effeminate]] male", including the word "faggot", are now proclaimed "offensive" by practitioners of the [[homosexual agenda]].
 * "nice" once meant "foolish, silly, simple", and then later "exact, pedantic" rather than its current meaning of "pleasant"
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 * "Pride" originally referred to having a lofty view of one self or one's own, and is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.  Now, it is used by homosexuals to refer to their love of their own views (gay pride parades).
-Devolution of language also applies to [[vocabulary]] in general.  Low [[literacy]] levels fostered by liberal education systems reduce readers' ability to comprehend words commonly found in [[literature]] but not used in unintellectual entertainment and media.  One report stated that the average 14-year-old's vocabulary has decreased 60% since 1945, roughly coinciding with the dominance of liberal [[public school|public schooling]].<ref>Decline from 25,000 to 10,000.  ''Utne Reader'' (July-August 2000), 28-9.</ref>
+Devolution of language also applies to [[vocabulary]] in general.  Low [[literacy]] levels fostered by liberal education systems reduce readers' ability to comprehend words commonly found in [[literature]] but not used in unintellectual entertainment and media.  One report stated that the average 14-year-old's vocabulary has decreased 60% since 1945, roughly coinciding with the dominance of liberal [[public school]]ing.<ref>Decline from 25,000 to 10,000.  ''Utne Reader'' (July–August 2000), 28-9.</ref>
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 * "media" now means ''the press'', rather than modes of transferring information.  The singular "medium" has largely been lost
 ** by the same token, ''the press'' now signifies the entire news industry, rather than merely the machine for transferring ink from movable type onto paper.
 * "civil rights" used to refer to ensuring equality between the races, but now, to organizations like the [[ACLU]], it involves ridiculous causes like promotion of the [[gay agenda]] and pro-abortion rights
 * "gay" once meant "noble, good", then "carefree and happy", and has taken on the meanings of dissolute, promiscuous; frivolous, hedonistic (16th century), as "homosexual" as of the 1920s, and "Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of" as of the 1970s. <ref>OED</ref>