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During four days of talks at [[Yale University]]'s Terry Lectures in April 2008, the [[liberal]] literary critic [[Terry Eagleton]] spoke of a fictious person, '''Ditchkins''', which is derived from the merger of the two last names [[Christopher Hitchens|Hitchens]] and [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]] (Etymology: '''''D'''''aw'''''kins''''' + H'''''itch'''''e'''''ns'''''). In these lectures Eagleton often caricaturizes the two famed writers and outspoken [[atheist]]s, routinely drawing [[Christopher Hitchens]] and [[Richard Dawkins]] as one single, formidable debate opponent who lamentably commits various [[logical fallacy|logical fallacies]].
'''Terry Eagleton''' is a [[liberal]] British literature professor, author and literary critic. He is currently teaching English and creative writing at Lancaster.
During four days of talks at [[Yale University]]'s Terry Lectures in April 2008, he spoke of a fictious person, '''Ditchkins''', which is derived from the merger of the two last names [[Christopher Hitchens|Hitchens]] and [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]] (Etymology: '''''D'''''aw'''''kins''''' + H'''''itch'''''e'''''ns'''''). In these lectures Eagleton often caricaturizes the two famed writers and outspoken [[atheist]]s, routinely drawing [[Christopher Hitchens]] and [[Richard Dawkins]] as one single, formidable debate opponent who lamentably commits various [[logical fallacy|logical fallacies]].
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*"...someone like Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens, a couplet I will henceforth reduce to the solitary signifier Ditchkins..." (April 1, 2008 ''Christianity Fair and Foul'')
*"...someone like Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens, a couplet I will henceforth reduce to the solitary signifier Ditchkins..." (April 1, 2008 ''Christianity Fair and Foul'')