Essay:Best New Conservative Words
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Each year the English language develops about a thousand new words. Over the course of a century, that amounts to 100,000 new words. Since the King James Version of the Bible was published in 1611, perhaps a half a million new English words have been developed.
A small percentage of those new words are tremendously powerful. Here are some examples developed since the King James Version was published:
| New Term | Origin date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| accountability | 1794 | |
| affirmative action | 1965 | |
| American Dream | 1931 | |
| bailout | 1951 | |
| bureaucracy | 1818 | |
| byzantine | 1794[1] | |
| competitive | 1829 | |
| conservative | 1831 | |
| deregulation | 1963 | Reagan won in 1980 by campaigning on this. |
| deterrence | 1861 | |
| dumb down | 1933 | |
| efficiency | 1633 | Ultimately from the Latin efficientem, meaning "working out, or accomplishing"[2] |
| elitism | 1947 | |
| entitlement | 1944 | |
| entropy | 1875 | |
| filibuster | 1851 | |
| free enterprise | 1890 | |
| go-getter | 1919 | |
| Good Samaritan | 1846 | how genuine charity is the best approach; |
| grade inflation | 1975 | the tendency by Liberal educationalists and public schools to increase marks, irrespective of merit or actual achievement. |
| grassroots | 1901 | |
| homeschool | 1980 | |
| hysteria | 1801 | From the Latin hystericus, from Greek hystera meaning "womb"[3] (an old notion that hysteria was caused by the womb). |
| meritocracy | 1958 | |
| me-too | 1926 | |
| media | 1923 | |
| milquetoast | 1935 | |
| normalcy | 1920 | related to the election of Warren G. Harding by the largest margin yet in history |
| phonics | 1684 | |
| politically correct | 1983 | This term originated with liberals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who meant it as a serious way to enforce their nutty ideas. It was so absurd that its usage quickly flipped to mockery of the liberals. |
| privatize | 1948 | to return a business or enterprise from state to private control; to de-nationalize. |
| productive | 1612 | |
| pro-life | 1961 | |
| property right | 1903 | |
| radar | 1941 | Acronym of "Radio Detection and Ranging"; inclusion here being challenged on talk page |
| responsibility | 1737 | |
| scientism | 1870 | fool-hardy faith in the methods of science |
| self-defense | 1651 | |
| self-determination | ||
| self-discipline | 1838 | |
| self-indulgence | 1753 | |
| self-reliant | 1848 | |
| victimization | 1830 | |
| wannabee | 1981 | the second most recent entry; a word that criticizes liberal status worship |
Conservative Words Not Yet Developed
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.
| Not Yet Developed Terms | Suggestions | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Unaffected by, or impervious to, the media | ||
| easily amused by deceit | ||
| the opposite of materialism | spiritualism has been its philosophical opposite, 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 |
| runaway jury | The term has existed for decades, but Merriam-Webster has not recognized it yet. | |
| second-generation atheist | ||
| deliberate ignorance | the term exists; the dictionary does not yet include it | |
| proven wrong, a refusal to admit it | This refusal is what promoted the parable of the Good Samaratin | |
| term limits | can you believe this is not in the dictionary yet? |
New liberal words
New liberal words often have deceptive, or nonsensical, meanings. Here are some new words created by liberals to combat conservatism:
| New Term | Origin date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| atheist | 1571 | |
| enlightenment | 1669 | |
| environmentalism | 1922 | a mixture of pseudo-science and neo-paganism used to justify the imposition of socialistic controls. |
| fundamentalism | 1922 | "a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"[4] From a series of pamphlets called "The Fundamentals" which outlined the movement. Perjorative usage started when the liberal Harry Emerson Fosdick began using the term in a straw man attack against Conservative Christianity. |
| homophobia | 1969 | used by Liberals to describe a failure to subscribe 100% to the homosexual agenda. |
| humanism | 1832 | |
| Keynesianism | 1946 | advocacy of 'tax and spend' policies as elaborated by the economist John Maynard Keynes; a euphemism for back-door Socialism. |
| undocumented immigrant | 2000 | a politically correct replacement for illegal alien. |
| pro-choice | 1975 | a euphemism for pro-abortion, supporting child-murder. |
| progressivism | 1892 | the progressive movement was not entirely liberal; it was started by a Republican and shared some goals with conservatives, and still does |
| quote mining | non-existent | a term used by evolutionists without logical meaning |
| unfair | 1700 | |
| union shop | 1904 | |
| unitarian | 1687 |
Sources
References
- ↑ The usage here -- in sense of complex governmental rules -- probably developed later.
- ↑ Online Etymological Dictionary
- ↑ Meriam Webster Dictionary
- ↑ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism
