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[[File:Conservative words.jpg|thumb|480px|The growth in conservative words on an annual basis (red), compared with a perfect geometric growth rate (Courtesy User:Jcw)]]Each year the [[English language]] develops about a thousand new words.  The [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] contains only about 8,000 different words;<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8013859.stm</ref> many good words have since developed.
 
  
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[[Conservative]] terms, expressing [[conservative insights]], originate at a faster rate, and with much higher quality, than [[liberal]] terms.  Conservative triumph over liberalism is thus inevitable.
 
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Powerful new conservative terms have grown at a [[geometric progression|geometric rate]], roughly doubling every century.  For each new conservative term originating in the 1600s,<ref>The King James Version of the Bible was published in 1611, by then [[William Shakespeare]] had written nearly all his plays.</ref> there are two new terms originating in the 1700s, four new terms in the 1800s, and eight new terms in the 1900s, for a pattern of "1-2-4-8".  This implies a conservative future and a correlation between conservatism and truth. 
 
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|[[accountability]]
 
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|1794
 
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|the willingness or obligation to be held responsible for one's actions- a fundamental conservative ideal, unlike liberals who believe that 'society,' and not individuals, are responsible for their wrongdoing.
 
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|accuracy
 
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|1660
 
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|conservatives strive for accuracy, while many liberals are masters of [[deceit]]
 
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|-
 
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|[[action-at-a-distance]]
 
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|1693
 
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|[[Newton]]'s acceptance of this concept -- which became fundamental to [[electrostatics]] and [[quantum mechanics]] and has a basis in Christianity<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Jesus]]'s cure of the centurion's slave.</ref> -- was central to the development of his theory of gravity.<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-philosophy/#ActDis</ref> Einstein criticized this concept as "spooky".
 
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|-
 
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|activism
 
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|1915
 
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|this differentiates conservatives from inactive people; this term might have originated in connection with [[Prohibition]] and efforts to pass the [[Eighteenth Amendment]]
 
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|aerobics
 
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|1967
 
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|invented by the [[Christian]] Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper<ref>http://www.christianadvice.net/famous_christians.htm</ref> to describe his self-help, revolutionary program to improve health, he entitled his ground-breaking book in 1968 ''Aerobics''.
 
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|-
 
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|agitprop
 
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|1929
 
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|propaganda designed to incite agitation, originally coined to describe communist propaganda
 
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|-
 
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|alarmism
 
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|1867
 
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|needless warnings, as in the politically motivated claims of [[global warming]]
 
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|-
 
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|{{#ifexist: alcoholism | [[alcoholism]] | alcoholism }}
 
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|1860
 
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|excessive or addictive drinking of alcohol
 
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|-
 
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|algorithm
 
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|1894
 
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|an efficient and consistent step-by-step methodology for achieving a goal, the opposite of [[liberal style]]
 
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|-
 
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|altruism
 
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|1853
 
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|selfless assistance of others; this also occurs in the animal kingdom, and is a [[counterexample to evolution]]
 
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|-
 
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|ambulance chaser
 
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|1896
 
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|a lawyer who searches for victims to persuade them to sue for his profit
 
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|-
 
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|[[American dream]]
 
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|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>
 
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|the vision that, with hard work, anyone in American can attain happiness and prosperity
 
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|-
 
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|[[American exceptionalism]]
 
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|1835
 
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|the idea that the United States and the American people hold a special place in the world, by offering opportunity and hope for humanity
 
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|-
 
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|American Way
 
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|1930s
 
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|later conservative entrepreneurs used this to coin a new name for what became a highly successful and uniquely American business model: "Amway"
 
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|[[anti-Christian]]
 
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|1900s
 
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|opposing Christian ideals and institutions
 
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|-
 
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|anticompetitive
 
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|1952
 
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|interfering with open competition and the enormous benefits that flow from it
 
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|-
 
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|antilife
 
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|1929
 
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|term criticizing a tendency to oppose life and lifesaving care
 
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|-
 
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|apathetic
 
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|1744
 
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|term critical of the those who are deliberately inactive and disengaged mentally
 
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|-
 
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|apple pie
 
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|1780
 
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|honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditionally American values. <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20pie Merriam-webster- Apple pie]</ref>
 
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|assimilate
 
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|1880s<ref>estimate only; this originated sometime in the late 1880s.</ref>
 
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|the desired absorption of immigrant groups into the culture and mores of the resident population
 
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|-
 
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|atheistic
 
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|1625-35
 
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|An adjective pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism.
 
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|-
 
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|attention span
 
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|1934
 
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|correlated with intelligence, the attention span is how long someone can concentrate on something.  It is rapidly shortening; the Lincoln-Douglas debates 150 years ago lasted for hours, but none do today.<ref>http://www.help4teachers.com/ras.htm</ref>  The average length of sentences in speech is another indication of attention span, and it has been shortening significantly.
 
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|axiomatic
 
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|1797
 
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|self-evident (first usage), and later it developed the meaning of being based on a set of axioms
 
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|-
 
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|baby boom
 
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|1941
 
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|an increase in birthrate, which is a good thing; note that the baby boom actually started before World War II, contrary to what textbooks teach.
 
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|back burner
 
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|1963
 
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|inactive status away from attention, as in "RINOs try to put social issues on the back burner"
 
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|[[bailout]]
 
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|1951
 
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|wasting taxpayer money to rescue, temporarily, a failing company
 
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|-
 
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|balkanize
 
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|1919
 
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|to break a region or neighborhood into divisive components; the opposite of the American concept of assimilation or "[[E pluribus unum]]"
 
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|bedrock
 
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|1840-1850
 
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|an American term for unbroken solid rock underneath fragments or soil, which adopted the figurative meaning of strong values:  "bedrock principles"<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bedrock</ref>
 
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|beltway mentality
 
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|1986
 
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|popularized by [[Paul Weyrich]] though possibly first used by then-Governor [[John Sununu]] ("captives of yourselves"), it refers to a governing style that sees only as far as the highway that surrounds its capital, especially the one around D.C.
 
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|[[Best of the Public]]
 
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|2009
 
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|A term coined by [[Andy Schlafly]] to express the idea that one does not need [[liberal]] credentials that so-called "experts" have.  Indeed, many great historical figures would have failed the liberal "expert" test.
 
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|biased
 
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|1649
 
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|to show prejudice for or against something; American society is rapidly becoming ''biased'' against Christian and Conservative beliefs.
 
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|Big Brother
 
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|1949
 
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|government constantly watching its citizens; [[George Orwell]] first coined this term in his classic, ''[[1984]]''
 
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|biological clock
 
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|1955
 
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|how each woman begins to lose her ability to have children at age 27, no matter how much [[feminists]] try to conceal this scientific fact from women
 
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|Blame America Crowd<ref>Or "Blame-America-First Crowd"</ref>
 
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|1984
 
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|Michael Barone quoted [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] as saying that the "San Francisco Democrats" (site of the Democratic National Convention in 1984) "always blame America first."<ref>http://www.creators.com/opinion/michael-barone/the-blame-america-first-crowd.html</ref>
 
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|blank check
 
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|1884
 
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|irresponsibly giving someone unlimited spending authority or power, as in "a Con Con would be a blank check to destroy the nation"
 
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|blather
 
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|1719
 
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|nonsensical or insignificant babble, as in "liberal blather is common on the [[lamestream media]]
 
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|[[Blue Dog Democrat]]
 
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|1995
 
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|a person who adheres to conservative principles within the Democratic party, once called a Boll Weevil; as of 2009 there are 45-50 Blue Dog Democrats in the [[House of Representatives]], which is enough to form a majority with [[Republicans]]
 
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|boondoggle
 
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|1935
 
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|"popularized during the [[New Deal]] as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed." <ref>http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=boondoggle&searchmode=none</ref> The term gained popularity in [[Canada]] following a corruption scandal tied to the [[Liberal]] government in 2000.
 
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|boomerang
 
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|1825
 
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|originally coined to describe a throwing device that returns to the thrower, the term became increasingly useful to describe how wrongful conduct returns to bite the perpetrator
 
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|bootstrap
 
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|1913
 
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|unaided effort, personal merit, hard work
 
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|bork
 
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|1988
 
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|coined by William Safire to refer to how Democrats savage a conservative nominee, such as their defeat of Supreme Court nominee [[Robert H. Bork]].
 
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|born-again
 
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|1961
 
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|it takes an open mind and heart
 
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|brainstorm
 
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|1894
 
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|a burst of productive thought
 
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|brainwashing
 
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|1950
 
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|derived from the Chinese term "xǐnǎo" soon after the [[communist]] takeover of China, "brainwashing" means forced abandonment of [[faith]] in favor of regimented [[atheism]]. In a more general sense, it refers to the manipulation and control of the human mind through torture and propaganda techniques.
 
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|brinkmanship
 
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|1956
 
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|the art of displaying a willingness to use military force in order to obtain a just resolution to a conflict between nations
 
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|[[bureaucracy]]
 
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|1818
 
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|busywork
 
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|1910
 
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|meaningless activity under the pretense of accomplishing something
 
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|can-do
 
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|1903 <ref> according to the Oxford English Dictionary. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do Miram-webster] gives the date of 1945 </ref>
 
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|Phrase coined in a short story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] that has come to refer to an attitude that espouses individual ability and responsibility and not reliance on [[entitlements]]
 
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|[[capitalism]]
 
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|1850-1855
 
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|creating jobs and wealth based on a private invention, ownership and investments rather than state-controlled resources
 
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|-
 
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|career politician
 
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|1974<ref>First use found by ''Conservapedia'' was in an article describing a controversy in communist [[Yugoslavia]] over their "career politicians," published in the ''New York Times'' and authored by Malcolm W. Browne, sect. 4, p. 3, col. 1.</ref>
 
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|a term used for the entrenched communist government officials in Yugoslavia, with whom even President Tito was fed up
 
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|[[carpetbagger]]
 
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|1868
 
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|a politician who moves to a new area to be elected to a government position, as in [[Hillary Clinton]] moving to [[New York]] to become a U.S. Senator
 
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|-
 
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|catharsis
 
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|1775
 
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|facilitating forgiveness and spiritual renewal by expression, as in writing or teaching or confession
 
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|-
 
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|caucus
 
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|1763
 
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|citizens or representatives gathering to meet and reach political decisions as a group while harnessing aspects of the [[best of the public]]; first coined by John Adams<ref>The future author of the Massachusetts Constitution who also played a role in developing the [[Declaration of Independence]].</ref> when he described a meeting of political Boston elders as a "caucus club"; the word may be from an Algonquian term for a group of advisers or elders.
 
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|cesspool
 
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|1782
 
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|an evil or corrupt place or state.
 
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|-
 
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|chaperone
 
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|1720
 
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|care and well-being of youths overseen by adults
 
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|charisma
 
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|1930
 
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|literally "a gift from God", charisma is a personal magic of leadership found in [[conservative]] public figures (but beware of the liberal tendency to put style before substance!)
 
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|Chicken Little
 
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|1895
 
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|one who falsely predicts disaster, especially for silly reasons: "global alarmists" are the Chicken Littles of our time<ref>In characteristically [[liberal]] style, the online Merriam-Webster spins the [[global warming]] example usage by saying the data showed he wasn't a Chicken Little.</ref>
 
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|circle the wagons
 
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|1800s
 
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|regroup with family and friends, when under attack. usage from settlers in the old US west.
 
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|citizen's arrest
 
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|1941
 
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|private enforcement of the law without the need of a taxpayer-funded police officer
 
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|-
 
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|civil defense
 
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|1939
 
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|civilians protecting themselves and their community against attack or natural disasters
 
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|-
 
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|claptrap
 
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|1799
 
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|pretentious, verbose, and often liberal nonsense; example usage: "the professor wasted the rest of the class on his liberal claptrap"
 
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|-
 
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|closed shop
 
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|1904
 
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|a business that requires membership in a union as a condition of working there; 22 conservative states prohibit this
 
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|-
 
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|clueless
 
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|1943
 
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|hopelessly ignorant about something important, as liberals often are
 
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|[[Coase theorem|Coasean]]
 
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|1980s
 
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|an efficient result or bargain based on market forces without the distortions caused by [[transaction costs]]
 
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|-
 
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|cogent
 
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|1659
 
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|compelling with the powerful force of reason, the opposite of [[liberal]] claptrap
 
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|Columbian
 
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|1757
 
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|relating to Christopher Columbus ''or the United States''
 
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|Cold War
 
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|1945
 
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|coined by [[George Orwell]] shortly after he wrote ''Animal Farm'',<ref>http://www.worldwar2history.info/war/causes/Cold-War.html</ref> as recognition that communist nations were at war with American freedom even in the absence of actual military conflict
 
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|collectivism
 
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|1880
 
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|when decision-making by a group takes priority over the good ideas of an individual, often preventing progress
 
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|-
 
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|common sense
 
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|1726
 
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|sound judgment based on facts
 
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|competitive
 
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|1829
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|Con Con
 
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|1980s
 
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|popularized by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] to highlight the deception and risks inherent in proposed national constitutional conventions
 
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|-
 
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|conniption
 
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|1833
 
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|hysteria or alarm, as in "having a conniption fit"; a typical response by [[liberals]] when confronted with their [[double standards]] and illogical positions
 
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|-
 
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|conservation of charge
 
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|1949
 
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|overall charge does not change in an isolated system; it is neither created nor destroyed; the concept was first suggested by [[Benjamin Franklin]] but the date of origin for this term is surprisingly recent
 
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|[[conservative]]
 
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|1831
 
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|someone who adheres to principles of limited government, personal responsibility and moral values<ref>http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=conservative</ref>
 
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|[[conservative field]]
 
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|1870s?
 
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|a type of physical force over a region such that items moving throughout the region can store energy ''without loss'', as in the planetary system and electrical products<ref>The mathematical definition of a conservative field -- which arises in [[multivariable calculus]] -- is that a scalar potential exists for the function and, alternatively, it is [[irrotational]].</ref>
 
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|constant
 
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|1832
 
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|(noun) something unchanging in value
 
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|-
 
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|constitutionality
 
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|1787
 
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|its date of origin is the year of the [[Constitutional Convention]] that proposed the [[U.S. Constitution]]
 
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|cooking the data
 
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|1830
 
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|[[Charles Babbage]] used it in his book, "Reflections on the Decline of Science in England".<ref>http://www.scientus.org/Church-Science-History.html</ref>
 
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|-
 
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|coolant
 
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|1926
 
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|a fluid, typically water, that facilitates efficient energy production, especially nuclear energy to cool a reactor and slow down the fission of neutrons
 
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|-
 
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|copacetic
 
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|1890s<ref>Merriam-Webster officially lists its date of origin as 1919 and its source as unknown, but that is well after when Robinson says he developed it.</ref>
 
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|Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, tap dancer extraordinaire, claimed the invention of this word; it was first popularized by African Americans
 
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|-
 
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|copyright
 
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|1735
 
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|extending private property to protect expressive works
 
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|-
 
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|corporate socialism
 
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|1970s
 
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|the tendency of large corporations to act in a socialistic manner, at the expense of meritocracy and productivity
 
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|-
 
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|correlate
 
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|1742
 
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|(verb) to show that one thing relates to another, such as [[atheism]] or [[homosexuality]] and selfishness or lack of charity; [[liberal]]s falsely rely on anecdotes to deny the general relationship
 
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|-
 
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|[[countability (Mathematics)|countability]]
 
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|1874
 
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|[[Georg Cantor]], loathed by the leading contemporary [[mathematicians]], developed this in proving that the real numbers are ''uncountable''
 
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|-
 
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|counterexample
 
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|1957
 
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|an example that is contrary to the proposition. A common point in logical, reasoned debate.
 
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|-
 
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|counterfactual
 
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|1946
 
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|especially assumptions that are contrary to fact; Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] wrote for the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], "petitioners' standing does not require precise proof of what the Board's policies might have been in that counterfactual world."<ref>''Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Accounting Oversight Bd.'', 130 S. Ct. 3138, 3163 (2010) (5-4 decision).</ref>
 
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|-
 
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|counterproductive
 
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|1959
 
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|interfering with a worthy goal.  Example usage: "nearly everything a liberal supports is counterproductive."
 
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|-
 
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|crackpot
 
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|1884
 
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|crazy talk, lunacy, a person on the fringe of reality
 
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|-
 
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|[[creation science]]
 
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|1970s
 
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|a term coined by the anti-[[evolution|evolutionist]] [[Henry Morris]].<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801716.html</ref>
 
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|-
 
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|cross-examination
 
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|1824
 
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|the most effective tool against [[liberal]] [[deceit]], better than even the requirement of an oath
 
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|-
 
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|crystal clear
 
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|1815
 
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|liberals are the opposite
 
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|-
 
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|[[culture war]]
 
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|1991
 
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|widespread use after the book ''Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America'' by James Davison Hunter
 
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|-
 
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|cyberbullying
 
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|2000s
 
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|a type of obnoxious and hurtful liberal behavior on the internet
 
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|-
 
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|[[deadweight loss]]
 
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|1930s<ref>Confirmation of the first use is desired.</ref>
 
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|the loss in overall wealth and efficiency imposed by monopolies and taxation, due to the loss in extra value that someone would have received beyond what he would have paid for a good at a free market price
 
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|-
 
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|death tax
 
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|1989
 
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|interestingly, the term was coined by Canadians opposed to the high estate tax on their assets held in the United States; Frank Luntz is credited with later popularizing this term in the United States.<ref>''See'' Dr. Frank Luntz, ''Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear''</ref>
 
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|-
 
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|decentralization
 
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|1846
 
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|the dispersion of power, as in a shift from national to local control
 
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|-
 
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|decrypt
 
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|1935
 
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|military code-breaking, which played an instrumental role in World War II in deciphering enemy codes that many felt were unbreakable; illustrates the "can do" approach of conservatism in a patriotic way
 
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|-
 
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|[[defeatism]]
 
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|1918
 
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|a negative attitude that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
 
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|-
 
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|defensive driving
 
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|1964
 
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|a style of driving a car that always focuses on avoiding accidents, even those potentially caused by others; nearly a half-century later, dictionaries still do not recognize this term
 
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|-
 
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|deflation
 
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|1891
 
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|an increase in the value of savings
 
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|-
 
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|defund
 
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|1948
 
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|refers especially to termination of government funding of a wasteful or hurtful program
 
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|-
 
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|deliberative assembly
 
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|1774<ref>''Introduction to Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised'' (19th Ed. 2000), xxv.</ref>
 
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|used by Edmund Burke in describing the British parliament during a speech to voters in Bristol; he meant a body of persons meeting to discuss and decide common action under parliamentary law
 
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|-
 
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|demagogue
 
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|1648
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|Den mother
 
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|1936
 
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|leader of children's group
 
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|-
 
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|[[deregulation]]
 
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|1963
 
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|Reagan won in 1980 by campaigning on this.
 
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|-
 
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|design by committee
 
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|before 1958
 
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|pejorative term directed against collective production by a group
 
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|-
 
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|despotism
 
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|1727
 
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|a ruler with unlimited powers
 
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|-
 
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|[[deterrence]]
 
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|1861
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|devalue
 
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|1918
 
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|describing an unwelcome attitude or act, as in "devaluing human life"
 
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|-
 
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|devotee
 
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|1645
 
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|ardent follower, supporter, or loyalty to. 56 years separates devotee and devoted
 
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|-
 
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|disinformation
 
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|1950s
 
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|false information spread (and sometimes manufactured) by groups with a strong political agenda
 
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|-
 
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|division of labor
 
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|1776
 
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|increasing productivity through specialization of labor, as in a husband working in manufacturing while his wife cares for children
 
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|-
 
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|dog and pony show
 
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|1970
 
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|an overblown event, typically having more fanfare than substance; liberals like to run a "dog and pony show" in towns having a large public university, where students brainwashed by liberal professors are led like cattle to the events
 
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|-
 
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|domino effect
 
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|1966
 
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|how the fall of one nation to communism can result in its harmful spread to neighboring nations
 
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|-
 
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|double standard
 
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|1894
 
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|applying harsher criticism against one group, such as churchgoers or conservatives, than against another group, such as atheists or liberals; recognition of a double standard by the [[Prodigal Son]] led him to repent and convert
 
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|-
 
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|doublethink
 
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|1949
 
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|a term first coined by [[George Orwell]] in his dystopian novel ''[[1984]]''; it means simultaneously holding contradictory beliefs, which is a characteristic of [[status worship]]
 
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|-
 
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|doubting Thomas
 
−
|1883
 
−
|someone who believes only what he can see and touch, and doubts all else
 
−
|-
 
−
|duh science
 
−
|2000
 
−
|First coined by the ''LA Weekly'' to criticize the ''[[LA Times]]'' for failing to criticize a publicly funded study that concluded that pessimistic people are often in bad moods.<ref>Originally "duh!" science: "But couldn't we have been treated to just a soupcon of critical thinking, some irony even -- perhaps a glancing reference to the wisdom of public funding for 'duh!' science?"
 
−
"L.A. TIMES WHO KNEW? DEPARTMENT", ''LA Weekly'' p. 12 (Jan. 14, 2000).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|dumb down
 
−
|1933
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|dumpster diving
 
−
|1982
 
−
|Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can 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>
 
−
|-
 
−
|Eagle Scout
 
−
|1913
 
−
|the highest rank in the [[Boy Scouts]], the term also means "a straight-arrow and self-reliant man."<ref>Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (1994).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|editorialize
 
−
|1856
 
−
|"to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts"<ref>Merriam-Webster (1994).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[efficiency]]
 
−
|1633
 
−
|ultimately from the Latin ''efficientem'', meaning ''"working out, or accomplishing"''<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=efficient Online Etymological Dictionary]</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|egotism
 
−
|1714
 
−
|the root of atheism, as explained by Paul in Romans 1:21-22; the root of depression and anxiety also
 
−
|-
 
−
|electioneering
 
−
|1780s
 
−
|to work for the success of a particular candidate, party, ticket, etc., in an election.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[elementary proof]]
 
−
|1865
 
−
|a mathematical proof based on the minimum assumptions associated with real analysis; term probably does not predate [[complex analysis]] and its first use may have been the English mathematician James Joseph Sylvester's paper, "On an elementary proof and generalisation of Sir Isaac Newton's hitherto undenionstrated rule for the discovery of imaginary roots."<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/circular129johnuoft/circular129johnuoft_djvu.txt</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[elitism]]
 
−
|1950
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[embryoscopy]]
 
−
|1967<ref>The first endoscopic image of the unborn child was in 1967, by Mandelbaum.  The date of origin of the term "embryoscopy" may have been later, but likely before the 1990s.</ref>
 
−
|Search this term on the internet and see the spectacular photos of the unborn child ("embryo") that were "scoped" by tiny cameras.
 
−
|-
 
−
|empowerment
 
−
|1986
 
−
|facilitating power for the ordinary; see also [[best of the public]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[entitlement]]
 
−
|1944
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|entrepreneur
 
−
|1852
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[ethnic voting]]
 
−
|1900s
 
−
|widely recognized and even advocated by some,<ref>http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/5/2/3/4/p152345_index.html</ref> yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it
 
−
|-
 
−
|Eurabia
 
−
|1970s
 
−
|A satirical word based on the idea that Europe is rapidly becoming Islamized.
 
−
|-
 
−
|Eurosceptic
 
−
|1970s
 
−
|someone who opposes joining the super-socialist [[European Union]]; some prefer the term "Eurorealist" to express this opposition, and sometimes "Eurosceptic" is used to criticize opponents of the EU
 
−
|-
 
−
|everyman
 
−
|1906
 
−
|the typical person
 
−
|-
 
−
|exceptional
 
−
|1787
 
−
|same year of origin as the [[U.S. Constitution]]!
 
−
|-
 
−
|exculpatory
 
−
|1781
 
−
|often used in the phrase "exculpatory evidence," it took nearly 50 years to develop this term after origination of the legal term suggesting guilt: "incriminate"
 
−
|-
 
−
|expatriate
 
−
|1768
 
−
|to give up one's own citizenship, or be banished by one's own nation
 
−
|-
 
−
|expose
 
−
|1803
 
−
|(noun) a statement of the facts, typically to discredit wrongdoing by government
 
−
|-
 
−
|facade
 
−
|1845<ref>1845 is the date of origin for the figurative use.  The literal use dates back to 1650s, meaning the front of a building.</ref>
 
−
|Example usage: "The facade of a liberal politician is often conservative."
 
−
|-
 
−
|fair shake
 
−
|1830
 
−
|approaching an idea or concept with an open mind
 
−
|-
 
−
|faith healing
 
−
|1885
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[falsifiability]]
 
−
|1934
 
−
|first emphasized by Karl Popper in 1934, this helps define science:  if a proposition is false, then it can be shown to be false.  If not, then the proposition is not scientific.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[family values]]
 
−
|1916
 
−
|widespread use after a speech by Vice President [[Dan Quayle]], 1992
 
−
|-
 
−
|fat farm
 
−
|1969
 
−
|a place where obese people -- such as self-centered [[atheists]] -- might go to try to lose weight
 
−
|-
 
−
|father figure
 
−
|1934
 
−
|someone who fulfills the essential role of a father
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[federalism]]
 
−
|1789
 
−
|the unique system of dual sovereigns, state and federal (national), established by the [[U.S. Constitution]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|fear-mongering
 
−
|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
 
−
|-
 
−
|feedback
 
−
|1920
 
−
|an all-important element of accountability and improvement, and a key consideration in good engineering design
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[fellow traveller]]
 
−
|1925
 
−
|may have existed earlier, but popularized in 1924 by Leon Trotsky. Describes a sympathizer of a cause but who does not formally belong to the cause, such as a [[communist]] sympathizer who is not part of the communist party. The term was invented by the communists in its original, non-negative sense, but the conservatives were the first to use it as a pejorative term.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Flip flop (politics)|flip-flop]]
 
−
|1976
 
−
|''verb'', meaning to change political position, typically due to [[liberal]] pressure.  First used by the Republican S.I. Hayakawa campaign to describe California Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator John Tunney, whom Hayakawa defeated in an upset.
 
−
|-
 
−
|force-feed
 
−
|1901
 
−
|what liberals do to students in [[public schools]] today in training them to be [[atheist]]ic socialists
 
−
|-
 
−
|forward-looking
 
−
|1800
 
−
|planning for the future rather than dwelling on the past
 
−
|-
 
−
|Founding Fathers
 
−
|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
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[free enterprise]]
 
−
|1820
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|free lunch
 
−
|1949
 
−
|something acquired ostensibly without paying for it, as in welfare; often used to remind people that "there's no such thing as a free lunch" in order to point out that it must cost someone something, now or later.
 
−
|-
 
−
|free market
 
−
|1907
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|free speech
 
−
|1873
 
−
|shorthand for "freedom of speech," but with a connotation that extends to non-citizens and listeners; first used in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion in dissent in the [[Slaughter-House Cases]] by Justice Bradley
 
−
|-
 
−
|free world
 
−
|1949
 
−
|areas of the world free of communism
 
−
|-
 
−
|freeloader
 
−
|1934
 
−
|someone who avoids paying or working for his share of a benefit
 
−
|-
 
−
|frontiersmen
 
−
|1814
 
−
|living and working in a self-sufficient manner and with courage in a new land.
 
−
|-
 
−
|fuzzy math
 
−
|1937
 
−
|non-computational math designed to obscure the differences between the correct answers and the incorrect -- but perhaps politically motivated -- answers
 
−
|-
 
−
|galvanize
 
−
|1802
 
−
|as in, "the liberal proposals ''galvanized'' the grassroots in opposition"
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[gambit]]
 
−
|1656
 
−
|a sacrifice that obtains an advantageous position, as in the game of [[chess]] ([[Bobby Fischer]]'s queen's gambit was a masterpiece) or in real life (the [[Passion of Christ]])
 
−
|-
 
−
|gang up
 
−
|1925
 
−
|group pressure
 
−
|-
 
−
|gateway drug
 
−
|1982
 
−
|abuse of alcohol/marijuana eventually leads to harder drugs cocaine/heroin
 
−
|-
 
−
|gerrymandering
 
−
|1812
 
−
|coined by a newspaper editor to criticize the manipulation of the lines of a new district into a salamander shape<ref>http://www.allbusiness.com/information/publishing-industries/251259-1.html</ref> that favored election of a liberal politician
 
−
|-
 
−
|gimmick
 
−
|1922
 
−
|originally meant a deceptive mechanical device for controlling a [[gambling]] machine, and then its meaning expanded to include all trickery to attract attention
 
−
|-
 
−
|globalism
 
−
|1997
 
−
|Merriam-Webster states it was first used in 1943<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalism</ref> and the OED gives a date of 1965 for the exact term "globalism";<ref>http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50095613/50095613se2?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=globalism&first=1&max_to_show=10&hilite=50095613se2</ref> the term "globalization" was first used in the mid-1980s in a different, complimentary sense.
 
−
|-
 
−
|God-fearing
 
−
|1835
 
−
|Living by the rules of God; living in a way that is considered morally right.
 
−
|-
 
−
|godsend
 
−
|1820
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|go-getter
 
−
|1921
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|gold standard
 
−
|1831
 
−
|the highest standard; in currency, when money could be exchanged for a fixed amount of gold
 
−
|-
 
−
|golden parachute
 
−
|1981
 
−
|a pejorative term for a pre-arranged handout to a corporate executive when fired, as when the company is taken over by new ownership
 
−
|-
 
−
|Good Samaritan
 
−
|1640
 
−
|how genuine charity is the best approach
 
−
|-
 
−
|goon
 
−
|1926
 
−
|a dim-witted thug, espec. one who intimidates on behalf of a union
 
−
|-
 
−
|government school
 
−
|1955
 
−
|coined by [[economist]] [[Milton Friedman]] as a more accurate name for [[public schools]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[grade inflation]]
 
−
|1975
 
−
|the tendency by Liberal educationalists and public schools to increase marks, irrespective of merit or actual achievement.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[grassroots]]
 
−
|1901
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|greasy spoon
 
−
|1902
 
−
|a free enterprise term for a small, cheap restaurant - which in many places is just what the public wants; reflects Jesus' [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] about the digestive system
 
−
|-
 
−
|Great Awakening
 
−
|1730-1740
 
−
|Christian spiritualism recurs periodically.  See [[Essay:The Coming Fifth Great Awakening in America]].
 
−
|-
 
−
|Gresham's law
 
−
|1858
 
−
|the tendency in a free market for bad money (which loses its value) to drive out (be used more often in transactions) than good money (which retains its value), because people want to horde the good money while getting rid of the bad money; a similar effect can be seen when profanity drives out intelligent discussion
 
−
|-
 
−
|groupthink
 
−
|1952
 
−
|a style of thought consisting of conformity to a manufactured consensus and self-deception; coined by William H. Whyte in 1952.
 
−
|-
 
−
|half-baked
 
−
|1855
 
−
|an idea that can appear reasonable at first, but with just a little thought it is recognized to be absurd
 
−
|-
 
−
|hallmark
 
−
|1721
 
−
|purity, authentic, official seal, distinguishing feature
 
−
|-
 
−
|hardworking
 
−
|1774
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|harmless error
 
−
|1861
 
−
|an insignificant violation of a duty or procedural rule; first used in ''Western Ins. Co. v. The Goody Friends'', 29 F. Cas. 764 (S.D. Ohio 1861) (referring to a duty)
 
−
|-
 
−
|hatchet job
 
−
|1944
 
−
|still looking for the context of its first use; today it means an article, typically by a liberal, that misleadingly smears someone, typically a conservative
 
−
|-
 
−
|Hawthorne effect
 
−
|1962
 
−
|the increase in achievement resulting merely from being observed; this was demonstrated by experiment at the Hawthorne Works of Western Electric in Cicero, Illinois
 
−
|-
 
−
|heckler's veto
 
−
|1965
 
−
|coined by University of Chicago Law Professor Harvey Kalven, Jr., a strong supporter of free speech in politics, this term has been used in [[Supreme Court]] decisions by Justices [[Sam Alito]],<ref>''See'' ''Pleasant Grove City v. Summum'', 129 S. Ct. 1125 (2009); ''see also'' ''Child Evangelism Fellowship of N.J., Inc. v. Stafford Twp. Sch. Dist.'', 386 F.3d 514 (3rd Cir. 2004).</ref> [[Antonin Scalia]], and [[Clarence Thomas]].<ref>''Good News Club v. Milford Cent. Sch.'', 533 U.S. 98 (2001)</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|hippie
 
−
|1965
 
−
|someone who rejects traditional morality and does what he wants, often growing long hair and smoking [[marijuana]] rather than working hard; this term became increasingly pejorative over time
 
−
|-
 
−
|hissy fit
 
−
|1970
 
−
|an unjustified tantrum, typically female in nature, as in "[[feminist]]s had a hissy fit when [[Lawrence Summers]] suggested (but criticized) the possibility that women have weaker scientific aptitude than men, and Summers ultimately resigned."
 
−
|-
 
−
|Hobson's choice
 
−
|1649<ref>this term has the entertaining history of originating with an English liveryman who required customers to "choose" the horse closest to the door.</ref>
 
−
|an ostensible choice that disguises a lack of freedom, because each alternative is completely unacceptable.  This term is invoked to criticize an illusory freedom of choice.  This term has been used in 48 cases by Supreme Court Justices, more often by conservatives than by liberals.
 
−
|-
 
−
|hokey
 
−
|1927
 
−
|phony, in an obvious or corny way
 
−
|-
 
−
|honor system
 
−
|1903
 
−
|an approach to discipline that emphasizes and encourages trust, honesty and personal responsibility rather than constant supervision
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[homeschool]]
 
−
|1980<ref>the OED assigns a date of origin of 1850 to "homeschool".</ref>
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[homemaker]]
 
−
|1876
 
−
|a wife and mother whose efforts are wisely spent running the household for the family
 
−
|-
 
−
|hometown
 
−
|1912
 
−
|the place where someone grew up and typically obtained some benefit
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[homosexual agenda]]
 
−
|1989
 
−
|used to promote the agenda in the book ''After the Ball'', but then used to criticize the movement by Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] in his dissent in''Lawrence v. Texas'' (2003)''
 
−
|-
 
−
|human rights
 
−
|1766
 
−
|rights of all peoples, such as to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as set forth in the [[Declaration of Independence]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|hype
 
−
|1931
 
−
|originally meant to deceive or "put on," and then its meaning shifted slightly to represent extravagant promotion of something as the liberal media often do
 
−
|-
 
−
|hyphenated American
 
−
|1889
 
−
|President Theodore Roosevelt said in 1915, "There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American."
 
−
|-
 
−
|hypothesis
 
−
|1656
 
−
|a suggestion, typically scientific in nature, which must be tested and proven before asserted as truth
 
−
|-
 
−
|hysteria
 
−
|1801
 
−
|From the Latin ''hystericus'', from Greek ''hystera '' meaning ''"womb"''<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysteria Meriam Webster Dictionary]</ref> (an old notion that hysteria was caused by the [[womb]]).
 
−
|-
 
−
|idealist
 
−
|1701
 
−
|a person guided by ideals
 
−
|-
 
−
|illiteracy
 
−
|1660
 
−
|liberals seek to produce illiterate voters who lack independence, and many graduates of the [[public schools]] are illiterate today
 
−
|-
 
−
|inalienable
 
−
|1640s
 
−
|cannot be taken away, especially by government, as in "inalienable rights" in the [[Declaration of Independence]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|incentivize
 
−
|1970
 
−
|create a reward to encourage good work
 
−
|-
 
−
|incidental inequality
 
−
|2009
 
−
|inequalities that result as side effects of an objectively just system
 
−
|-
 
−
|incoherent
 
−
|1626
 
−
|the term often applies to liberal [[double standard]]s
 
−
|-
 
−
|incompleteness
 
−
|1931
 
−
|a system of logic or mathematics that includes propositions that are impossible to prove or disprove; term coined as a result of [[Kurt Godel]]'s work in 1931
 
−
|-
 
−
|incrementalism
 
−
|1966
 
−
|imposing bad political or social change slowly
 
−
|-
 
−
|independence
 
−
|1640
 
−
|free will
 
−
|-
 
−
|individualism
 
−
|1827
 
−
|values, rights and duties arise from the individual
 
−
|-
 
−
|inerrancy
 
−
|1834
 
−
|free from error, as in "biblical inerrancy"
 
−
|-
 
−
|inflationary
 
−
|1920
 
−
|policies causing inflation of the monetary supply
 
−
|-
 
−
|informed consent
 
−
|1967
 
−
|consent to surgery is meaningful only if informed, a requirement that should apply to abortion
 
−
|-
 
−
|initiative
 
−
|1793
 
−
|self-starting first step toward improvement
 
−
|-
 
−
|insightful
 
−
|1907
 
−
|what conservatism is about: gaining insights into the truth, and bettering individuals and society with them
 
−
|-
 
−
|intangible
 
−
|1914
 
−
|something valuable that cannot be seen or touched, such as goodwill
 
−
|-
 
−
|intellectual property
 
−
|1845
 
−
|"we [should] protect intellectual property, the labors of the mind, productions and interests as much a man's own, and as much the fruit of his honest industry, as the wheat he cultivates, or the flocks he rears."  ''Davoll v. Brown'', 7 F. Cas. 197 (Cir. Ct. Mass. 1845) (Woodbury, federal judge).
 
−
|-
 
−
|interventionism
 
−
|1923
 
−
|"governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country"<ref>Merriam-Webster (1994).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|invisible hand
 
−
|1776
 
−
|coined by Adam Smith in the ''Wealth of Nations'' and widely used today.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[invisible hand of marriage]]
 
−
|2008
 
−
|discovered on Conservapedia, it is the unseen force of productivity that results from marriage (only between a man and woman).
 
−
|-
 
−
|Iron curtain
 
−
|1945
 
−
|coined by Winston Churchill in a speech in Missouri just after World War II, to describe the communist's figurative wall against freedom
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[irreducible complexity]]
 
−
|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.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Islamofascism]]
 
−
|1990?
 
−
|A form of totalitarian Muslim fundamentalist rule, or extreme Islamism.
 
−
|-
 
−
|ivory tower
 
−
|1910
 
−
|a description of the pampered culture of liberal [[professor values|professors]], and how far out of touch with the truth it is
 
−
|-
 
−
|John Hancock
 
−
|1903
 
−
|a personal signature, especially in a bold style that stands up for principles as John Hancock did with his signing the Declaration of Independence
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[judicial activism]]
 
−
|1947
 
−
|first coined in an article in ''Fortune'' magazine by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,<ref>http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/278089</ref> and repeatedly used in U.S. Supreme Court opinions since 1967,<ref>''United States v. Wade'',
 
−
388 U.S. 218 (1967).</ref> yet as of 2009 [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary still fails to recognize this widely used term.
 
−
|-
 
−
|judicial prejudice
 
−
|2009
 
−
|the bias of a judge in favor of a political correct identity group intended to rig outcome equality in favor of that group based on subjective bias rather than objective justice.
 
−
|-
 
−
|judicial restraint
 
−
|1942
 
−
|"Assuming that this court has power to act, it does not necessarily follow that it should act. ... In a number of situations, and in a number of cases, it has been held that courts should voluntarily refrain from using or asserting power. Where the use or assertion of power might be destructive of a well defined purpose of law or of a declared public policy such voluntarily imposed '''judicial restraint''' may be commendable."<ref>Osage Tribe of Indians v. Ickes, 45 F. Supp. 179, 184-85 (D.D.C. 1942) (emphasis added).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|judicial supremacist
 
−
|2004
 
−
|one who advocates that the courts should be supreme over the other branches of government for certain legal issues; first coined in a book by [[Phyllis Schlafly]]; first used by the judiciary by the Michigan Supreme Court in ''Paige v. City of Sterling Heights'', 476 Mich. 495 (2006).<ref>A similar yet different concept, "judicial supremacy," was coined by [[conservative]] Supreme Court Justice [[Robert H. Jackson]] as the title of his book,'' The Struggle for Judicial Supremacy: A Study of a Crisis in American Political Power'' (New York: Knopf, 1941).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[judicial taking]]
 
−
|1982
 
−
|the deprivation of private property due to a court decision; this concept was introduced by conservative Justice [[Potter Stewart]] in 1967, and the term was used for the first time independently by the Michigan and Hawaii Supreme Courts in the same month (!) in December 1982, and then used often in law review articles and Circuit Court decisions in the 2000s, and then four Justices of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] endorsed the principle in a decision in 2010, with two others accepting the possibility.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[junk science]]
 
−
|1962<ref>http://rated.com/dir/Society/Issues/Environment/Opposing_Views/Junk_Science</ref>
 
−
|the corruption of the scientific method to advance other, often political, goals (such as [[Global Warming]])
 
−
|-
 
−
|jury nullification
 
−
|1948
 
−
|the power of a jury to overrule the law and acquit an ostensibly guilty defendant; the power was established in the colonies in 1735 in the trial of [[John Peter Zenger]], but this term was first used in state court by Pfeuffer v. Haas, 55 S.W.2d 111 (Tex. Civ. App. 1932) and in federal court by ''Skidmore v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.'', 167 F.2d 54 (2nd Cir. 1948)
 
−
|-
 
−
|kiss of death
 
−
|1943
 
−
|from Judas's betrayal of Jesus with a kiss, Mark 14:44-4
 
−
|-
 
−
|kleptocrat
 
−
|1819
 
−
|A politician who seeks status and personal gain at the expense of the governed
 
−
|-
 
−
|kowtow
 
−
|1826
 
−
|obsequious, unthinking obedience to someone or something, used especially in the context of dictatorships and liberal belief systems
 
−
|-
 
−
|Kremlinology
 
−
|1958
 
−
|the study of the otherwise indecipherable behavior of the government of the [[communist]] [[Soviet Union]]. Refers to the Kremlin, the traditional seat of Russian government (Soviet or not).
 
−
|-
 
−
|la-la land
 
−
|1979<ref>First known use was in an article by Tom Zito, "Mr. Mike's Mania; Sick Humor, Very Well Indulged," [[Washington Post]] F1 (Nov. 8, 1979): "But now, it's off to La-La land, and his movie deal. 'The thing about Southern Californians,' he says, 'is this: They wake up and say, 'Gee, what a wonderful morning. I think I'll make a salad.' And that takes them the whole day. ..."</ref>
 
−
|a term for the decadent, liberal culture of [[Hollywood]]-driven [[Los Angeles]], originally capitalized as "La-La land."; Merriam-Webster is in denial about this etymology and claims a later origin of 1983.
 
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|-
 
−
|labor camp
 
−
|1900
 
−
|forced work prison
 
−
|-
 
−
|laissez-faire
 
−
|1825
 
−
|opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is minimally necessary
 
−
|-
 
−
|lame duck
 
−
|1761
 
−
|one falling being in achievement, especially a public official whose power is limited because his term in office is set to expire without possibility of reelection.
 
−
|-
 
−
|lamestream media
 
−
|2009
 
−
|coined by Bernie Goldberg to describe the clueless [[Mainstream media]] that repeat superficial, discredited liberal claptrap
 
−
|-
 
−
|landslide
 
−
|1838
 
−
|In the political sense, an overwhelming election victory. A clear, democratic expression of popular will.
 
−
|-
 
−
|leadership
 
−
|1821
 
−
|an ability and willingness to lead, often by example
 
−
|-
 
−
|leftism
 
−
|1920
 
−
|principles and doctrine of leftists
 
−
|-
 
−
|level-headed
 
−
|1876
 
−
|"balanced", "having common sense and sound judgment"
 
−
|-
 
−
|leverage
 
−
|1830
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|liberal creep
 
−
|2008
 
−
|liberal bias that gradually creeps or distorts an entry, definition, explanation, description, or historical account.
 
−
|-
 
−
|life vest
 
−
|1939
 
−
|a pro-life invention
 
−
|-
 
−
|limousine liberal
 
−
|1969
 
−
|a multi-millionaire who pretends to be compassionate about the poor, but supports liberal policies that increase burdens on working Americans
 
−
|-
 
−
|local
 
−
|1824<ref>This date refers to its first usage as a ''noun'', which is an estimate of its adoption as a concept.</ref>
 
−
|common usage: "all politics is local"
 
−
|-
 
−
|lockstep
 
−
|1802
 
−
|mindless conformity, often to liberal values
 
−
|-
 
−
|locomotive
 
−
|1829
 
−
|a great engine of economic growth during the [[Industrial Revolution]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|lone wolf
 
−
|1909
 
−
|a person who prefers to work, act, or live alone,<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lone%20wolf Lone wolf, Merriam-Webster]</ref> synonymous with self-sufficiency
 
−
|-
 
−
|loose cannon
 
−
|1973
 
−
|an undisciplined person or program that dangerously lacks forethought; used in mid-November 1976 to describe $11 billion in unspent appropriations by the Ford Administration:  "'That money,' says Arnold Packer, a senior Senate Budget Committee economist who is helping Carter draw up his shadow budget, 'is like a loose cannon rolling around the deck' because a sudden reappearance of the funds could be inflationary." (''BusinessWeek'')
 
−
|-
 
−
|lowest common denominator
 
−
|1854
 
−
|the lowest in work ethic, morals, or knowledge among a group; typically used to criticize the liberal practice of dumbing down content
 
−
|-
 
−
|lunatic fringe
 
−
|1913
 
−
|coined by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to describe members of eccentric, radical or extremist groups<ref> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lunatic</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|machismo
 
−
|1948
 
−
|a word never used favorably by feminists!
 
−
|-
 
−
|mainstay
 
−
|1787
 
−
|the primary support, typically for something good
 
−
|-
 
−
|man-hater
 
−
|1970s<ref>This was during the epic struggle -- and defeat -- of the so-called [[Equal Rights Amendment]].</ref>
 
−
|William Safire wrote in the ''New York Times'' in 1983, "Misandry, from the Greek misandros for 'hating men,' is in the 1961 Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, and the Oxford Dictionary Supplement traces it to 1946.  The word is pronounced as 'Ms. Andry,' but I wonder why we need the Greek word for it. What's wrong with good, old-fashioned man-hater?"<ref>Sunday, Oct. 30, 1983, Section 6, Page 12, Column 3.</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|make-work
 
−
|1923
 
−
|inefficient or useless activity that has the false appearance of being productive; a favorite endeavor of liberals
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[market failure]]
 
−
|1958<ref>Coined as the title of a scholarly article by Francis M. Bator, "The Anatomy of Market Failure," ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'' (1958) [http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/Courses/econ335/out/bator_qje.pdf]
 
−
|instances where the free market does not provide a desirable result, as when information is withheld from an unsuspecting consumer
 
−
|-
 
−
|manifest destiny
 
−
|1845
 
−
|Providential design over future events, which originated in the context of expanding the United States to the Pacific Ocean
 
−
|-
 
−
|materialism
 
−
|1748
 
−
|the view of life that physical matter is all that exists; as an "ism", the term criticizes such view
 
−
|-
 
−
|meat and potatoes
 
−
|1951
 
−
|the most interesting or fundamental part
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Medal of Honor]]
 
−
|1898
 
−
|a special American honor for bravery on the battlefield
 
−
|-
 
−
|melting pot
 
−
|1912
 
−
|requires "social and cultural assimilation" for successful immigration<ref>Merriam-Webster dictionary (1994)</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[meritocracy]]
 
−
|1958
 
−
|a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[microeconomics]]
 
−
|1947
 
−
|the study of the economics of the individual person or business
 
−
|-
 
−
|mindset
 
−
|1909
 
−
|close-minded point-of-view, typically in adherence to a liberal falsehood and often to the exclusion of Christ
 
−
|-
 
−
|missile defense
 
−
|1980s
 
−
|popularized by President Ronald Reagan as part of [[SDI]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|missionary
 
−
|1625
 
−
|someone sent on a mission, typically a religious mission
 
−
|-
 
−
|mobocracy
 
−
|1754
 
−
|rule by a mob, as at Wikipedia
 
−
|-
 
−
|monogamy
 
−
|1612
 
−
|this has the same date of origin as "productive", and that may not be a coincidence!
 
−
|-
 
−
|moonlighting
 
−
|1957
 
−
|working more than a full-time job in order to be as productive as possible; the [[work ethic]] at its best
 
−
|-
 
−
|moral majority
 
−
|1979
 
−
|coined by Jerry Falwell to describe the movement of growing moral, Christian conservatives.
 
−
|-
 
−
|motivation
 
−
|1873
 
−
|can you believe the word did not exist before 1873?!
 
−
|-
 
−
|muckety–muck
 
−
|1912
 
−
|a pejorative term for an arrogant person who holds a title or position considered to be important by others
 
−
|-
 
−
|muckraker
 
−
|1910
 
−
|a person who searches out and publicly exposes [[deceit]]<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muckraker Merriam-Webster - Muckraker]</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|Murphy's Law
 
−
|1958
 
−
|if something can go wrong, then it will go wrong: this was a conservative insight by an engineer Edward Murphy
 
−
|-
 
−
|muscle car
 
−
|1967
 
−
|placing a powerful engine in a classic two-door car for highly efficient performance; also celebrate masculine style against erosion by feminism
 
−
|-
 
−
|myopic
 
−
|1752
 
−
|originally a term in optometry, 1990's used to describe liberals' lack of foresight
 
−
|-
 
−
|name-dropping
 
−
|1950
 
−
|a term critical of the [[liberal]] practice of seeking to impress others by casually mentioning personal association with prominent people, despite its lack of relevance to the conversation
 
−
|-
 
−
|nanny state
 
−
|1978
 
−
|"Under the New Economic Policy, [the new French Prime Minister Raymond] Barre has made it clear that industrial lame ducks can no longer count on the generosity of Nanny i.e. the state - for bailing out."<ref>Leo Ryan, "Economy Shored up: France's new surge of liberalism," The Globe and Mail (Canada) (Aug. 1, 1978)</ref>  Note how two powerful new conservative terms led to a third here!
 
−
|-
 
−
|negativism
 
−
|1824
 
−
|mental attitude that tends that is skeptical about almost everything, except one's own views
 
−
|-
 
−
|newspeak
 
−
|1949
 
−
|political or media expressions using circumlocution and euphemisms to disguise or distract from the truth; first coined by [[George Orwell]] in ''[[1984]]''
 
−
|-
 
−
|non-justiciable
 
−
|1922<ref>Used by the state attorneys for West Virginia (including Philip Steptoe, founder of Steptoe & Johnson) in ''Pennsylvania v. West Virginia'', 262 U.S. 553 (1923):  "It is not the 'subject of judicial cognizance,' Hans v. Louisiana, 134 U.S. 1, 15; Louisiana v. Texas, 176 U.S 1, 15; Missouri v. Illinois, 180 U.S. 208, 233, or 'susceptible of judicial solution.' Louisiana v. Texas, 176 U.S. 1, 18, 22; Missouri v. Illinois, 180 U.S. 208, 233, 234."</ref>
 
−
|a difficult issue that the courts should not attempt to resolve, often because it is too political in nature
 
−
|-
 
−
|non-locality
 
−
|1920s
 
−
|[[action at a distance]] at the atomic level; even though proven, it is still opposed by those who believe in [[relativity]] and still not recognized by Merriam-Webster
 
−
|-
 
−
|nullification
 
−
|1798
 
−
|assertion of authority by a State against encroachment by the federal government, in defense of liberty
 
−
|-
 
−
|obambulate
 
−
|1600
 
−
|From Latin ''obambulatus'', to walk to or before, akin to ''wander''.  Word currently claimed to have been invented by Rush Limbaugh in 2011 and used in reference to [[Barack Obama]], yet it is found in Oxford and Webster's dictionaries prior to 1991.
 
−
|-
 
−
|obstructionism
 
−
|1879
 
−
|deliberate interference with free speech or legislative progress, as when liberal legislators (the "fleebaggers") fled Wisconsin to try to block a reform
 
−
|-
 
−
|Old Glory
 
−
|1862
 
−
|the ''United States of America'' flag, Stars & Stripes
 
−
|-
 
−
|one-size-fits-all
 
−
|1996<ref>Was there an earlier conservative use?  Frank Zappa's album cover in the 1970s does not count!</ref>
 
−
|Lee Wishing, director of communications for conservative [[Grove City College]], in criticism of how the government administers student loans: "Unfortunately, with government programs, it's one size fits all."<ref>http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1996/dec96/er-dec96.html</ref>  The 2008 Republican platform states, "We reject a one-size-fits-all approach and support parental options, including home schooling, and local innovations such as schools or classes for boys only or for girls only and alternative and innovative school schedules."<ref>http://platform.gop.com/2008Platform.pdf</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|one-trick pony
 
−
|1980
 
−
|a person or group that relies repeatedly on the same gimmick, as in "the media are a one-trick pony in their criticism of [[Rand Paul]]"
 
−
|-
 
−
|open-minded
 
−
|1828
 
−
|see [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[opportunity cost]]
 
−
|1911
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|optimism
 
−
|1759
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|originalism
 
−
|1985
 
−
|taken from original intent, The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
 
−
|-
 
−
|Orwellian
 
−
|1960s
 
−
|terminology or style that advances the power of big government but is hurtful or nonsensical<ref>http://www.ntu.org/main/press.php?PressID=604</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|ostensibly
 
−
|1765
 
−
|having an outward appearance that may not reflect the underlying truth; good potential use is Luke 3:23 in describing Jesus as the son of Joseph
 
−
|-
 
−
|outflank
 
−
|1765
 
−
|to move swiftly around an opponent, a military tactic mastered by [[conservative]] [[General]] [[George Patton]] to crush the [[Germans]] in [[World War II]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|parenting
 
−
|1958
 
−
|children raising
 
−
|-
 
−
|Parkinson's Law
 
−
|1955
 
−
|how bureaucracies expand regardless of the productivity, and how inefficient work expands to fill the time available for its completion
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[patent troll]]
 
−
|2001
 
−
|a company that obtains or buys up patents for the sole purpose of asserting infringement claims, and without any intention of actually manufacturing the invention; the term was first coined by Peter Detkin, in-house counsel to Intel
 
−
|-
 
−
|patriotism
 
−
|1726
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|Pavlovian
 
−
|1926
 
−
|a conditioned, automatic and unthinking response to a signal; it has been used twice by [[conservative]] Supreme Court Justices. "It is well established that this Court does not, or at least should not, respond in Pavlovian fashion to confessions of error by the [[Solicitor General]]."  ''De Marco v. United States'', 415 U.S. 449, 451 (1974) ([[Rehnquist]], J., dissenting); "'[[Incorporation doctrine|Incorporation]]' has become so Pavlovian that my Brother BLACK barely mentions the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] in the course of an 11-page opinion dealing with the procedural rule the State of [[Florida]] has adopted for cases tried in Florida courts under Florida's criminal laws." '' Williams v. Fla.'', 399 U.S. 78, 144 (1970) ([[Potter Stewart|Stewart]], J., dissenting and concurring).
 
−
|-
 
−
|perestroika
 
−
|1986
 
−
|increasing economic freedom and free speech under [[communism]], which led to the unraveling of the [[communist]] [[Soviet Union]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|perpetual war
 
−
|1947
 
−
|Coined by historian Charles A. Beard,<ref>Charles A. Beard is best known for interpreting the Constitution as being primarily motivated by economic interests.</ref> it has been used most recently by [[Ann Coulter]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[personhood]] <ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/personhood Personhood] Dictionary.com</ref>
 
−
|1955
 
−
|Inherent rights guaranteed to all human beings from the beginning of their biological development, including the pre-born, partially born. Also, the state or fact of being a person.
 
−
|-
 
−
|Philadelphia
 
−
|1682
 
−
|coined by [[William Penn]] and meaning "city of brotherly love," the concept captures the "[[best of the public]]" approach
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[phonics]]
 
−
|1684
 
−
|conservatives have long championed phonics to promote literacy, Bible-reading, and informed voters; liberals take the opposite position
 
−
|-
 
−
|phony
 
−
|1900<ref>This surprisingly recent origin appears to be derived from a British confidence game.</ref>
 
−
|needed to address [[liberal deceit]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|plasticity
 
−
|1783
 
−
|having a plastic quality that conforms to molding or pressure; in pejorative usage, someone who easily conforms to [[peer pressure]] or [[liberal]] falsehoods
 
−
|-
 
−
|poetic justice
 
−
|1890
 
−
|when virtue is rewarded and/or wrongdoing is punished in an indirect or unexpected way
 
−
|-
 
−
|political machine
 
−
|1905
 
−
|a pejorative term for local and typically Democratic power structures that prevent outsiders from winning elections; first used by George Washington Plunkitt to criticize the Tammany Hall machine for which he served
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[politically correct]]
 
−
|1983
 
−
|This term originated among radicals at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] to enforce radical orthodoxy, but immediately flipped in usage to become a term of mockery of radicals.<ref>For an early different usage of the word, see 1793 J. WILSON in U.S. Rep. (U.S. Supreme Court) 2 (1798) 462 Sentiments and expressions of this inaccurate kind prevail in our..language... ‘The United States’, instead of the ‘People of the United States’, is the toast given. This is not politically correct.</ref>  The term may have come from Chairman Mao in 1936.
 
−
|-
 
−
|politicize
 
−
|1846
 
−
|seeking political gain at the expense of truth or quality<ref>The Merriam-Webster definition (1994 ed.) is incomplete and unclear: "to give a political tone or character to"</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|politics of envy
 
−
|2011
 
−
|used by Australian [[conservative]] Christopher Pine to describe the philosophy behind taking money from private schools and giving it to public ones.
 
−
|-
 
−
|pork barrel
 
−
|1909
 
−
|government as a source of handouts that redistribute money from hard-working people to those who avoid work
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[post-abortive]]
 
−
|1986
 
−
|the unexpected trauma and physical harm -- which can worsen over time -- that is experienced by a woman after having an [[abortion]]; coined by Dr. Kaye Cash in an editorial describing what she learned during a 365-mile walk in southeast Arkansas to speak with the public about abortion<ref>Editorial by Kaye Cash, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR), October 23, 1986.</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|potential
 
−
|1817<ref>Usage here refers to "promise", not "possibility".</ref>
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|pothead
 
−
|1959
 
−
|someone who smokes marijuana and doesn't realize how it destroys people
 
−
|-
 
−
|powerhouse
 
−
|1881
 
−
|source of energy and strength - which is what the conservative movement is
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[price discrimination]]
 
−
|1920
 
−
|charging different prices for the exact same service or good; first coined by the British economist (and critic of [[John Maynard Keynes]]) Arthur Cecil Pigou in ''The Economics of Welfare''.
 
−
|-
 
−
|prioritize
 
−
|1961
 
−
|to recognize that some goals and activities are more important than others, and then focus accordingly
 
−
|-
 
−
|private sector
 
−
|1952
 
−
|non-governmental businesses and jobs functioning in free enterprise
 
−
|-
 
−
|privatize
 
−
|1940
 
−
|to return a business or enterprise from state to private control; to de-nationalize.
 
−
|-
 
−
|proactive
 
−
|1933
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|Procrustean
 
−
|1832
 
−
|a pejorative description of the one-size-fits-all mentality, which disregards individual differences
 
−
|-
 
−
|productive
 
−
|1612
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|productivity
 
−
|1810
 
−
|the gap of about 200 years between the creation of "productive" and "productivity" is astounding
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[pro-life]]
 
−
|1960
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|property right
 
−
|1853
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|provocateur
 
−
|1919
 
−
|someone who spends more time causing unproductive conflicts rather than advancing knowledge, accomplishing legitimate goals, or helping anyone
 
−
|-
 
−
|pseudoscience
 
−
|1844
 
−
|worthless claims written with the appearance of scientific rigor to gain an aura of credibility
 
−
|-
 
−
|publicity stunt
 
−
|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.
 
−
|-
 
−
|quantify
 
−
|1840
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|race card
 
−
|1995<ref>This is the date of its widespread familiarity.</ref>
 
−
|"Playing the race card" consists of relying on racial emotions or charges of racism in order to overcome the truth and logic in politics, legal proceedings, or otherwise; this term became familiar in the criticism of the defense and acquittal of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend.
 
−
|-
 
−
|rapture
 
−
|1629
 
−
|spiritual ecstasy[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rapture]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[recidivism]]
 
−
|1886
 
−
|the tendency for people lacking in [[faith]] and determination to revert to prior patterns of harmful behavior, such as repeat criminal offenders
 
−
|-
 
−
|recuse
 
−
|1949
 
−
|self-removal by a decision-maker (especially a judge) because of possible bias with respect to the pending issue
 
−
|-
 
−
|red tape
 
−
|1736
 
−
|excessive bureaucracy and procedural complexity which frustrate meaningful activity and progress
 
−
|-
 
−
|refudiate
 
−
|2010
 
−
|combination of ''refute'' and ''repudiate'', as coined by [[Sarah Palin]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[relativism]]
 
−
|1865
 
−
|the view that ethical truths are not absolute, but depend on the person or group that holds them
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[responsibility]]
 
−
|1737
 
−
|HAMILTON Federalist No. 63 (1988) II. 193 Responsibility in order to be reasonable must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party.
 
−
|-
 
−
|reverse discrimination
 
−
|1969
 
−
|the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better qualified person
 
−
|-
 
−
|revisionism
 
−
|1903<ref>The first use of this term, now obscure, refers to a Marxist movement that preferred evolutionary rather than revolutionary change.</ref>
 
−
|distortions of history to promote liberal bias
 
−
|-
 
−
|revolving-door
 
−
|1973
 
−
|the liberal practice of repeatedly transferring into and out of government in a way that impedes progress and access by others, like the same people going round-and-round in a real revolving door
 
−
|-
 
−
|riot act
 
−
|1715<ref>Its colloquial use, as in "read them the riot act," began in 1819.</ref>
 
−
|the Riot Act was a law passed in England in 1715 to authorize officials to disperse riots
 
−
|-
 
−
|Rogue state
 
−
|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.
 
−
|-
 
−
|rubber-stamp
 
−
|1918
 
−
|unthinking repetition or endorsement of something, despite having the responsibility to make an independent decision, as in "Democrats rubber-stamp demands by the abortion industry."
 
−
|-
 
−
|run of the mill
 
−
|1930
 
−
|meaning "merely average, commonplace," the term is critical of a failure to strive for excellence
 
−
|-
 
−
|sacred cow
 
−
|1910
 
−
|a person or idea, typically liberal, that becomes immune from criticism because of its political usefulness rather than its truthfulness, as in the theories of [[evolution]] and [[relativity]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|scapegoating
 
−
|1943
 
−
|a term criticizing how people, particularly liberals, deflect accountability and blame from themselves to others; inspired by Leviticus 16:8.
 
−
|-
 
−
|salutary neglect
 
−
|1775
 
−
|coined by the [[conservative]] [[Edmund Burke]] in his 1775 speech to the British [[House of Commons]] entitled "On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies"<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/burkesspeechonco00burkuoft/burkesspeechonco00burkuoft_djvu.txt</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|school choice
 
−
|1980
 
−
|popularized by Milton Friedman in his book, ''Free to Choose''
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[scientific fascism]]
 
−
|2009
 
−
|a coordinated effort by a group of scientists to enforce a certain point of view upon others.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[secularism]]
 
−
|1850-55
 
−
|attempts to educate, particularly through [[public school]], without including [[faith]] or even acknowledgment of [[God]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|Segway
 
−
|2001
 
−
|Dean Kamen's trademark spelling of "segue" for use of Yankee Ingenuity to improve efficiency, to refer to a form of battery-powered transportation.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[self-defense]]
 
−
|1651
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|self-destruct
 
−
|1968
 
−
|often the tragic result of liberal falsehoods
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Discipline|self-discipline]]
 
−
|1838
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|self-preservation
 
−
|1614
 
−
|preservation of oneself from destruction or harm
 
−
|-
 
−
|self-reliant
 
−
|1848
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|separation of powers
 
−
|1748
 
−
|the fundamental insight underlying the [[U.S. Constitution]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|shotgun marriage
 
−
|1929
 
−
|pregnancy => get married.  Think of someone besides yourself for a change.
 
−
|-
 
−
|silent majority
 
−
|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>
 
−
|-
 
−
|skullduggery
 
−
|1867
 
−
|underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
 
−
|-
 
−
|slippery slope
 
−
|1900s
 
−
|term has been widely used for decades to expose the fallacy of "it doesn't hurt to try"
 
−
|-
 
−
|smoke and mirrors
 
−
|1979
 
−
|something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue. <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/smoke%20and%20mirrors Smoke and Mirrors, Merriam-Webster]</ref> Widely used during the 1990s to describe [[Bill Clinton]]'s political strategy.
 
−
|-
 
−
|smoking gun
 
−
|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!
 
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|-
 
−
|soapbox
 
−
|1907
 
−
|staging for a typically liberal, unproductive rant having little substance
 
−
|-
 
−
|soccer mom
 
−
|1987
 
−
|a mother who devotes herself to her children's activities and a significant voting bloc or demographic group
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[socialist]]
 
−
|1827
 
−
|someone who advocates government control over the economy, and particularly state control of the means of production
 
−
|-
 
−
|social justice rhetoric
 
−
|2009
 
−
|Language and rhetorical ploys equating equality of outcome with justice.
 
−
|-
 
−
|spend-and-tax
 
−
|2009<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/02/morning-bell-the-obama-tax-and-spend-economy-is-here/</ref>
 
−
|a variation on "tax-and-spend" (see below), "spend-and-tax" consists of spending the money first and then trying to justify raising taxes based on the deficit created by the spending
 
−
|-
 
−
|spin doctor
 
−
|1984
 
−
|someone ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view.  <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/asia/22policy.html?_r=2 General Petraeus describes Axelrod by Bob Woodward]</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|spot-on
 
−
|1949
 
−
|precisely correct, as in a prediction or in overcoming imprecision in a challenging task; its origin is from the military
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[stagflation]]
 
−
|1965
 
−
|inflation ''and'' high [[unemployment]] ''and'' stagnant demand by consumers, typically due to [[liberal]] policies as in the late 1970s under President [[Jimmy Carter]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|stalking horse
 
−
|1788
 
−
|a candidate or issue that serves to increase the chances that ''another'' will win, as in "antifederalists attempted to win elections by using 'the stalking horse of amendments.'"<ref>''Centinel'', 1788 (quoted in ''The Federalist party in Massachusetts to the year 1800'', By Anson Ely Morse).</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[statism]]
 
−
|1919
 
−
|advocates for centralized government and government ownership
 
−
|-
 
−
|straightforward
 
−
|1806
 
−
|something liberals are not
 
−
|-
 
−
|straw man
 
−
|1896
 
−
|an imaginary argument or example set up for the purpose of easily knocking down, while distracting from valid arguments
 
−
|-
 
−
|Stupaked
 
−
|2010
 
−
|hurt by someone who reassured everyone he would do the right thing, but then switched at the last minute to do the opposite (refers especially to [[abortion betrayal]]s)<ref>Columnist Kathleen Parker is credited with first coining this term.</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|supply-side
 
−
|1976
 
−
|the economic theory that reducing taxes expands economic activity by encouraging greater earnings and investments; proven successful during the Reagan Administration in the 1980s
 
−
|-
 
−
|takeover
 
−
|1917
 
−
|as in the takeover of government by the communist revolution in that year
 
−
|-
 
−
|tax-and-spend
 
−
|1937
 
−
|not yet recognized by Merriam-Webster, it is included in dictionary.com and it means the liberal policy of raising taxes and increasing government spending
 
−
|-
 
−
|taxpayer
 
−
|1816
 
−
|the word highlights who is really paying for things
 
−
|-
 
−
|tea party
 
−
|2007
 
−
|an amorphous group of ordinary citizens unified against a more expensive government
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[term limits]]
 
−
|1861
 
−
|can you believe this is not in the dictionary yet? Merriam-Webster omits it, but dictionary.com has it<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/term+limit</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|terrorism
 
−
|1795
 
−
|this was during the French Revolution
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[textualism]]
 
−
|1952
 
−
|first used by Justice [[Robert Jackson]] in his influential concurrence in ''[[Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer]]'', 343 U.S. 579 (1952), it now describes the legal philosophy of Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[think tank]]
 
−
|1940s
 
−
|first coined in [[Britain]] to describe intelligence organizations that helped the military, think tanks became part of the rise of conservatism in the 1970s and 1980s; is ''Conservapedia'' the think tank of the future?
 
−
|-
 
−
|top-notch
 
−
|1900
 
−
|the highest quality, which requires respect for merit to recognize
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[totalitarianism]]
 
−
|1926
 
−
|term which identifies the similarities of fascist and communist regimes and ideologies and urges resistance
 
−
|-
 
−
|tour de force
 
−
|1802
 
−
|a feat of skill
 
−
|-
 
−
|trademark
 
−
|1838
 
−
|extends the concept of private property to the marks used by business
 
−
|-
 
−
|traditionalist
 
−
|1856
 
−
|"adherence to the doctrines or practices of a tradition...the beliefs of those opposed to modernism, liberalism, or radicalism"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traditionalist</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[transaction cost]]
 
−
|1961
 
−
|Economist [[Ronald Coase]] won a [[Nobel Prize]] for this.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[transistor]]
 
−
|1948
 
−
|named by John R. Pierce and developed at the [[conservative]] [[Bell Labs]], this invention epitomized Yankee ingenuity; Pierce was a critic of claims of [[artificial intelligence]] and was the future developer of [[Telstar]], a precursor to the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|tree huggers
 
−
|1970s
 
−
|still not recognized by the dictionary, this term criticizes extreme environmentalists, but they proudly use the term also to describe what they literally do
 
−
|-
 
−
|trivia
 
−
|1920
 
−
|insignificant detail, which can sometimes obscure what is important and distract people from the Bible; liberal [[Wikipedia]] is filled with trivial junk
 
−
|-
 
−
|Trojan horse
 
−
|1837
 
−
|describes a type of liberal [[deceit]]:  subversion from within
 
−
|-
 
−
|trust but verify
 
−
|1980s
 
−
|popularized by President Ronald Reagan as the approach to use towards communist [[deceit]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|ugly duckling
 
−
|1883
 
−
|an unpromising appearance but often with great unseen potential
 
−
|-
 
−
|ultra vires
 
−
|1793
 
−
|beyond the authority, especially of a government or corporate official
 
−
|-
 
−
|unborn child
 
−
|1791
 
−
|the rights of the unborn child have been recognized in English law since the 1600s, but the specific term "unborn child" itself may have been first used by an attorney arguing before the New Jersey Supreme Court in ''Den v. Sparks'', 1 N.J.L. 67 (Sup. Ct. 1791)
 
−
|-
 
−
|underachiever
 
−
|1952
 
−
|a typically liberal person who fails to accomplish what he could
 
−
|-
 
−
|underdog
 
−
|1887
 
−
|[[David]] v. [[Goliath]], [[Cinderella]], [[best of the public]], etc.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[underemployed]]
 
−
|1908
 
−
|having less than full-time or suitable employment
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[underwater basket weaving]]
 
−
|Mid 1950's
 
−
|A pejorative that describes worthless college courses and a declining educational system
 
−
|-
 
−
|unscripted
 
−
|1950
 
−
|speaking sincerely without parroting a script; "[[Rand Paul]] and [[Chris Christie]] are effective because, unlike [[Obama]], they are unscripted."
 
−
|-
 
−
|vandalism
 
−
|1798
 
−
|malicious destruction of someone else's property
 
−
|-
 
−
|veracity
 
−
|1623
 
−
|devotion to truthfulness
 
−
|-
 
−
|vet
 
−
|1904<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2199254/?from=rss</ref>
 
−
|a verb meaning to screen for flaws
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[victimization]]
 
−
|1840
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|volunteer
 
−
|1618
 
−
|someone who freely offers to help
 
−
|-
 
−
|wannabe
 
−
|1981
 
−
|a word that criticizes liberal [[status worship]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|War on Terror
 
−
|2001
 
−
|no listing at Merriam-Webster February 2, 2009 Obama ends use of the conservative lexicon. <ref>[http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17455 Obama administration drops 'war on terror' phrase] Pew Forum, February 2, 2009</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|washed-up
 
−
|1928
 
−
|no longer productive, as in "the washed-up liberal professor has not contributed anything to his field in 30 years."
 
−
|-
 
−
|waterloo
 
−
|1816
 
−
|a final defeat or setback, coined merely one year after the [[English]] defeated [[Napoleon]] at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]; there has never been a "waterloo" for [[Christianity]] or [[conservatism]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|wildcatter
 
−
|1883
 
−
|a pro-energy term that describes someone who drills for oil in fields not known to have oil
 
−
|-
 
−
|wishy-washy
 
−
|1873<ref>An archaic meaning of poor quality dates to 1690.</ref>
 
−
|easily changing in opinion, usually due to peer pressure
 
−
|-
 
−
|word poverty
 
−
|2001<ref>http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/summer2001/lang_gap_moats.html</ref>
 
−
|popularized by President [[George W. Bush]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|work (physical sense)
 
−
|1826
 
−
|a physical measure<ref>force times distance</ref> of effort used to increase energy
 
−
|-
 
−
|work ethic
 
−
|1951
 
−
|a habit of working as a moral good
 
−
|-
 
−
|worldview
 
−
|1858
 
−
|a comprehensive way of looking at life and the world; sometimes used to criticize a liberal's irrational belief system
 
−
|-
 
−
|Yankee
 
−
|1758 
 
−
|Inhabitants of New England, United States. Dutch slang in 1698- Americanized 50 years later.
 
−
|-
 
−
|Yankee Ingenuity
 
−
|1761
 
−
|America's inhabitants had a knack for clever design and capitalist success. The early Americans had applied their exceptional skills prior to the terms existence, see [[Eli Whitney]] and [[Benjamin  Franklin]].
 
−
|-
 
−
|yellow journalism
 
−
|1898
 
−
|the practice, started by newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and his rival William Randolph Hearst, of sensationalizing and biasing newspaper headlines and articles in order to influence public opinion
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
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== Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary ==
 
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A thousand new words are developed in English each year.  Here is a growing list of conservative concepts, each of which is not yet defined by a single word or two.
 
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−
|-
 
−
!Not Yet Recognized Terms
 
−
!Suggestions
 
−
!Comments
 
−
|-
 
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|pre-9/11 thinking
 
−
|9/10 mindset
 
−
|terror is jurisdiction of the courts
 
−
|-
 
−
|anti-family
 
−
|tradition opposer, familiopathic
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|blame shift
 
−
|false accusations
 
−
|e.g., guns blamed for an increasing murder rate
 
−
|-
 
−
|buycott
 
−
|counter support
 
−
|An effort to cooperate and promote an organization or a process to nullify campaigns that are targeted by boycott protests.
 
−
|-
 
−
|causing harm by spreading falsehoods
 
−
|deceit
 
−
|e.g., denying or concealing disease and infertility caused by promiscuity
 
−
|-
 
−
|Constitutional values
 
−
|adherence to righteousness as set forth by the [[Founding Fathers]]
 
−
|principles set in the Declaration
 
−
|-
 
−
|Counterfeit Marriage
 
−
|uncivil union
 
−
|Manipulating Man's laws by usurping God's laws.
 
−
|-
 
−
|cradle to grave <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/spanish/from%20cradle%20to%20grave cradle to grave- no entry found] Merriam-Websters</ref>
 
−
|sanctity of life, conception to natural death
 
−
|pro-life stance, also can mean socialist entitlement programs
 
−
|-
 
−
|cut and run
 
−
|surrender advocates
 
−
|when the going gets tough, run away from the problem
 
−
|-
 
−
|debtucation
 
−
|tuition noose
 
−
|College student debt is now larger than credit card debt in the US
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[deliberate ignorance]]
 
−
|mind-locked, self-centered pride obscuring the truth
 
−
|the term exists; the dictionary does not yet include it
 
−
|-
 
−
|denial that [[Hell]] exists
 
−
|Hell-denier? Antinfernal? (Should be "antihadessic" so as not to mix Hellenate and Latinate roots)
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[abstinence denial|denier of the effectiveness of abstinence]]
 
−
|abstinence-denier?
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|drive-by media
 
−
|partisan slander
 
−
|liberal mainstream media assault on the GOP or conservative principles, deceitful attacks for opposing viewpoints
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[earmark]]
 
−
|
 
−
|spending on specific projects at the request of a particular congressman, and without meaningful examination by others voting on it
 
−
|-
 
−
|easily amused by [[deceit]]
 
−
|dolophile
 
−
|from Greek/Latin root ''dolo-'' meaning guile, deceit, deception [http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/664]
 
−
|-
 
−
|family-friendly
 
−
|wholesome
 
−
|describes TV programming, websites, social events that are not offensive
 
−
|-
 
−
|Fleebagger
 
−
|Oath breakers
 
−
|Describes [[liberal]] politicians who avoid their sworn duties as a way to advance their political agenda.
 
−
|-
 
−
|Hatred of one's country, refusal to recognize the good elements of it, or unreasonably critical of it
 
−
|misopatria, misopatrist
 
−
|From Greek ''misein'', to hate, and Latin ''patria'', nation or homeland
 
−
|-
 
−
|heavenly body
 
−
|celestial body
 
−
|natural objects visible in the sky
 
−
|-
 
−
|hellbound
 
−
|
 
−
|recognized by over 1.3 million sites in a Google search and no substitute term is available, yet dictionaries refuse to recognize it
 
−
|-
 
−
|Hoax and Chains
 
−
|[[Keynesian economics]]
 
−
|a phonetic play on the rhetoric slogan of Hope and Change. Hope replaced by unemployment and Change represents obsessive tax burdens.
 
−
|-
 
−
|hoax plant
 
−
|fake townhall, kkk teaparty
 
−
|a term to describe a deceitful method of placing an operative that appears to be part of a group in order to push an agenda or to make a competing agenda look ridiculous.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Hollywood values]]
 
−
|West Coast Hedonism
 
−
|Over 800,000 results on Google, not yet recognized by Merriam-Webster
 
−
|-
 
−
|homo-fascist <ref>[http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1318230 LaBarbera: Apple's action stems from 'homo-facism', OneNewsNow, March 25, 2011]</ref>
 
−
|LGBT Stormtrooper, Gay-vangelist
 
−
|Guardians of gender identity ideology
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Illegal Alien|illegal alien]]
 
−
|
 
−
|widely used in court decisions and political discourse for years, Merriam-Webster still does not recognize it is as a term.
 
−
|-
 
−
|infotainment
 
−
|tabloid news, dramacast
 
−
|mainstream media presents drama fluff stories as news, e.g. 20/20 - Datelin
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[limited government]]
 
−
|we the people democracy
 
−
|first testament to this was the [[U.S. Constitution]], defining [[Reagan]]s presidency, can't be found in Merriam-Websters. <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limited%20government Limited government - Not found] Merriam-Webster's</ref>
 
−
|-
 
−
|manufactured outrage
 
−
|fake tears
 
−
|liberal politicians and the liberal media's method of stroking anger to pursue an agenda.
 
−
|-
 
−
|media vigilantism
 
−
|soviet-style censorship
 
−
|media's public campaign to demonize dissent against people or groups, such as [[Juan Williams]].
 
−
|-
 
−
|Mediscare
 
−
|fear card
 
−
|Democrats opposed to entitlement reform use fear to stop changes to Medicare
 
−
|-
 
−
|merit pay
 
−
|performance bonus
 
−
|Doing your job better with perks as a reward. The typical liberal union teacher avoids merit pay at all costs, self before students.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[militant gays]]
 
−
|intimidating homosexual
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|modern idolatry
 
−
|"media idolatry"; "money idolatry"; "celebrity idolatry"
 
−
|idolatry conjures images of golden calves, and a modern version is needed
 
−
|-
 
−
|moral fabric
 
−
|domestic tranquility
 
−
|ethics and virtues united for the common good of all
 
−
|-
 
−
|morally bankrupt
 
−
|[[atheism]], self-void 
 
−
|ethically and spiritually challenged souls
 
−
|-
 
−
|narrative hysteria
 
−
|delusional finger-pointing
 
−
|a frantic attempt to capitalize on calamity by casting their opponents as somehow responsible for an act of madness and evil
 
−
|-
 
−
|opposite of [[global warming]]
 
−
|regional warming
 
−
|the North pole shrinks as the South pole increases
 
−
|-
 
−
|opposite of [[materialism]]
 
−
|spiritualism and idealism have been its philosophical opposites, historically
 
−
|[[dualism]] has been suggested, but it is not the ''opposite'' of [[materialism]]; "spiritualism" is not a common term and is the "opposite" of materialism
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[peer pressure]]
 
−
|used in titles to professional journal articles as early as 1994
 
−
|can you believe that isn't recognized by Merriam-Webster?
 
−
|-
 
−
|proven wrong, a refusal to admit it
 
−
|mulism; heel-digger?
 
−
|cf. mulish. This refusal is what promoted the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].
 
−
|-
 
−
|religious right
 
−
|Christian conservatives
 
−
|religion in America almost exclusively a conservative institution, no religious left term in existence.
 
−
|-
 
−
|reward failure
 
−
|TARP
 
−
|too big to fail, bailout bankrupt, mismanagement subsidized
 
−
|-
 
−
|rewrite history <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/rewrite%20history  rewrite history not found, Merriam-Websters]</ref>
 
−
|[[deceit]], mislead
 
−
|Commonly used term describing liberal deceit to hide, defraud others about factual history.
 
−
|-
 
−
|rogue states
 
−
|rogue nations
 
−
|nations defying international law, only rogue is listed in Merriman-Websters
 
−
|-
 
−
|runaway jury
 
−
|The term has existed for decades, but Merriam-Webster has not recognized it yet.
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|Rule of Law
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[schlockumentary]]
 
−
|propaganda film
 
−
|documentary films based on falsehoods and half-truths
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Second generation atheist|second-generation atheist]]
 
−
|cradle atheist
 
−
|
 
−
|-
 
−
|selective outrage
 
−
|partisan hypocrisy, bipolar
 
−
|to be against something to further a cause and reject, stay silent, ignore or discount something similar.
 
−
|-
 
−
|smear merchant
 
−
|serial slander
 
−
|to constantly hurl degrading or false accusations against others
 
−
|-
 
−
|strict constructionism
 
−
|
 
−
|an important term for over 200 years to describe adherence to the text of the Constitution, Merriam-Webster still does not recognize it.
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Conservative| Traditional Values]]
 
−
| principles of Conservatism
 
−
|much the same as family values but incorporating all aspects society; family, religion, self-sufficiency, the truth, hard work. Only listed in Merriam-Websters to describe what Nilihism is against.
 
−
|-
 
−
|true emergency
 
−
|life support
 
−
|meaning a high probability of serious injury or death to an individual or property. Emergency has been watered down, e.g. to be locked out of one's car.
 
−
|-
 
−
|Unaffected by, or impervious to, the media
 
−
|mediaproof
 
−
|cf. bulletproof. ''Once John became aware of the extent of [[liberal deceit]], he set about mediaproofing his mind''.
 
−
|-
 
−
|}
 
−
 
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== Terms Difficult to Classify ==
 
−
 
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These new terms are difficult to classify:
 
−
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
−
|-
 
−
!Term
 
−
!Origin date
 
−
!Comments
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[affirmative action|affirmative action]]
 
−
|1961
 
−
|first used in [http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal6/eo10925.htm JFK's Executive Order 10925] in 1961 and subsequently promoted by [[LBJ]].
 
−
|-
 
−
|Americanism
 
−
|1781
 
−
|Originally, a phrase unique to American English, later, loyalty to America and its principles
 
−
|-
 
−
|bipartisan
 
−
|1909
 
−
|emphasized by liberals when they are in the minority in power, but ignored by liberals when they are the majority in power
 
−
|-
 
−
|colonist
 
−
|1701
 
−
|settlers of a new country
 
−
|-
 
−
|compartmentalize
 
−
|1925
 
−
|compartmentalizing the Bible away from knowledge and education leads to ignorance and despair
 
−
|-
 
−
|contrarian
 
−
|1657
 
−
|someone who delights in taking a position contrary to others
 
−
|-
 
−
|eclectic
 
−
|1683
 
−
|taking the best from among different styles or ideas; compare [[best of the public]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|evangelism
 
−
|1620-30
 
−
|"isms" are usually pejorative, though this acquired a positive meaning over time, and perhaps from the outset
 
−
|-
 
−
|genetics
 
−
|1905
 
−
|perhaps this should be on the conservative list?
 
−
|-
 
−
|identity politics
 
−
|1988
 
−
|exploiting racial, ethnic, gender alliances for political gain
 
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|-
 
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|inane
 
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|1662
 
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|refers to comments, often made by liberals, that are utterly devoid of substance
 
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|-
 
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|junk legislation
 
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|1980s
 
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|used initially by liberals to complain about the lack of meaningful legislation
 
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|-
 
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|missionary
 
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|1635-1645
 
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|conservative?
 
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|- 
 
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|multitasking
 
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|1966
 
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|performing multiple tasks all at once
 
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|-
 
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|polar coordinates
 
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|1694
 
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|Newton may have used it earlier
 
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|-
 
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|republican
 
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|1685
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|reverse engineer
 
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|1973
 
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|to deconstruct a product (or software) in order to understand how it works, often with the purpose of copying it
 
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|-
 
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|scrooge
 
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|1843
 
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|the main character in Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol''; the story is based on materialism and is often used as a substitute for the Biblical account, but charity is a conservative value
 
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|-
 
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|smoke and mirrors
 
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|1982
 
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|describes the use of deceit, particularly in politics; probably a conservative term, but will await more etymology about it
 
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|-
 
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|soapbox
 
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|1907
 
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|now used pejoratively, but probably not initially when it was a way for the public to participate
 
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|-
 
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|states' rights
 
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|1790
 
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|liberals often invoke this too; Democrats were its biggest champions in the 1800s (in connection with slavery), and even today on issues like legalizing drugs and same-sex marriage
 
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|-
 
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|technocrat
 
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|1932
 
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|technical expert
 
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|-
 
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|telecommute
 
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|1974<ref>The first use of this term was in the British magazine ''The Economist''.</ref>
 
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|a combination of a Greek root ("tele", which means "far off") and a Latin root ("commutare", which means "to exchange")
 
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|-
 
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|tomfoolery
 
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|1812
 
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|playful or foolish behavior
 
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|-
 
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|traditionalism
 
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|1856
 
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|"beliefs of those opposed to [[modernism]], [[liberalism]], or [[radicalism]]"
 
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|-
 
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|[[twilight zone]]
 
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|1949
 
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|the realm of imagination that seems impossible but is difficult to disprove, and which challenges ordinary views of reality; also the terminator between night and day on a planetary body
 
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|-
 
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|Whip<ref>In its political usage.</ref>
 
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|late 1800s
 
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|An elected position in each political party for the legislator responsible for gathering and confirming support for the party position on particular bills.  This term is derived from "whipper-in," which in fox-hunting refers to the man who prevents hunting dogs from straying amid a chase.<ref>http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/11/durbin_re-elected_number_two_s.html</ref>
 
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|-
 
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|wiki
 
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|1995
 
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|a website (or website software) that facilitates contributions and corrections by the public
 
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|-
 
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|working class
 
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|1789
 
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|those who work regular, 40-hour weeks in manual labor, such as factory jobs
 
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|-
 
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|}
 
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== Downgraded Conservative Terms ==
 
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These conservative terms are less significant:
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|-
 
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!Term
 
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!Origin date
 
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!Comments
 
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|-
 
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|byzantine
 
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|1794<ref>The usage here -- in sense of complex governmental rules -- probably developed later.</ref>
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|connive
 
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|1601
 
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|to pretend ignorance
 
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|-
 
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|eleemosynary
 
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|1616
 
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|relating to charity
 
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|-
 
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|[[entropy]]
 
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|1868
 
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|disorder
 
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|-
 
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|[[filibuster]]
 
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|1851
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|incandescent
 
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|1794
 
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|bright and radiant, conquering darkness, precursor to the invention of the incandescent lamp (light bulb)
 
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|-
 
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|luddite
 
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|1811
 
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|one who opposes and even destroys technological advances
 
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|-
 
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|media
 
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|1923
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|[[milquetoast]]
 
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|1933
 
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|timid and unassertive; easily persuaded or exploited; inspired by Caspar Milquetoast, the unassertive character in "The Timid Soul" cartoon strip by Harold T. Webster, which ran in the New York Herald Tribune on Sundays beginning in 1924.
 
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|-
 
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|normalcy
 
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|1920
 
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|related to the election of [[Warren G. Harding]] by the largest margin yet in history
 
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|-
 
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|ne'er-do-well
 
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|1736
 
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|"an idle worthless person" - Merriam-Webster
 
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|-
 
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|reticent
 
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|1834
 
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|restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
 
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|-
 
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|self-indulgence
 
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|1753
 
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|
 
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|-
 
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|smart aleck
 
−
|1856
 
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|an obnoxiously conceited and self-assertive person with pretensions to being superior to others. Etymology: Aleck, nickname for Alexander <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smart%20alec Smart Aleck Merriam-Websters]</ref>
 
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|-
 
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|}
 
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== Sources ==
 
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*[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ Merriam-Webster dictionary]
 
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*[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com]
 
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== See also ==
 
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*[[Essay:Conservapedia's Law]]
 
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*[[Essay:New Liberal Terms]]
 
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*[[Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms]]
 
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*[[Linguistic Analysis of Candidates]]
 
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*[[Conservative Bible Project]]
 
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