Difference between revisions of "Essay:Best New Conservative Words"

Latest revision as of 23:03, May 17, 2024

The "tax-and-spend" slogan stuck to Harry Hopkins like a well-fitted suit.

Conservative terms, with conservative insights, originate at a faster rate and with higher quality than liberal terms do. Thus conservative triumph over liberalism is inevitable.

The English language develops about 1,000 new words annually. The King James Version of the Bible contains about 8,000 different words;^[1] many strong new words -- akin to prime numbers -- have developed since. You can benefit from these.

Powerful new conservative terms have grown at a geometric rate, roughly doubling every century. For each new conservative term originating in the 1600s,^[2] 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 indicates the future will be increasingly conservative.

Century	# New Conservative Terms
1600s	41 (beginning in 1611)
1700s	86
1800s	177
1900s	356
2000s	70 (preliminary)

Conservative words and terms

New Term	Origin date	Comments
a.m.	1762	"a.m." means "before noon" in Latin (ante meridiem); it became popular much as "A.D." did. Also, a morning work ethic is a conservative concept.
abortuary	1983	an abortion clinic, which in reality is a mortuary for unborn children
abstract nonsense	1940s	a pejorative term for unnecessarily abstract mathematics of doubtful rigor; liberal denial insists that this term, which describes something as "nonsense", is somehow not negative!
accountability	1794	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, is responsible for their wrongdoing.
accuracy	1660	conservatives strive for accuracy, while many liberals are masters of deceit
Achilles' heel	1864	an inevitable weak point of vulnerability amid overall strength, highlighting the need for God even by the strongest
act of God	1787^[3]^[4]	an extraordinary, unforeseeable event, such as a massive flood or earthquake; term was probably inspired as a reference to the Great Flood
action-at-a-distance	1693	Newton's acceptance of this concept—which became fundamental to electrostatics and quantum mechanics and has a basis in Christianity^[5]—was central to the development of his theory of gravity.^[6] Materialists censor this concept, while Einstein criticized it as "spooky".
activism	1915	this differentiates conservatives from inactive people; this term might have originated in connection with Prohibition and efforts to pass the Eighteenth Amendment
addictive	1939	the intrinsic characteristic of certain things or activities to induce repetitious involvement, usually with a harmful effect on the participant, as in gambling, or video games.
administrative state	1948^[7]	originally used in a descriptive manner by admirers of it, the term is frequently used in a pejorative manner by conservatives due to the lack of accountability of an overbearing bureaucracy.
aerobics	1967	invented by the Christian Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper^[8] to describe his self-help program to improve health; he gave the title "Aerobics" to his ground-breaking book in 1968, and eventually it revolutionized attitudes toward exercise.
agency capture	1985^[9]	the misuse of Big Government (agencies) by Big Business to choke off free enterprise through regulations that impede competition
agflation	2008	an increase in the particular costs to farmers (agriculture), often due to the War on farmers such that the cost increase exceeds the increase in the price levels of their goods sold as measured by inflation
agitprop	1929	propaganda designed to incite agitation, originally coined to describe communist propaganda
alarmism	1867	needless warnings, as in the politically motivated claims of global warming
alcoholism	1860	excessive or addictive drinking of alcohol
algorithm	1849	an efficient and consistent step-by-step methodology for achieving a goal, the opposite of liberal style
altar call	1899	an invitation by a preacher for people to come forward to the altar to signify their personal commitment to Christ, and many do
altruism	1853	selfless assistance of others; this also occurs in the animal kingdom, and is a counterexample to evolution
ambulance chaser	1896	a lawyer who searches for victims to persuade them to sue for his profit
American dream	1911^[10]	the vision that, with hard work, anyone in America can attain happiness and prosperity
American exceptionalism	1835	the idea that the United States and the American people hold a special place in the world, by offering opportunity and hope for humanity
American Way	1930s	later conservative entrepreneurs used this to coin a new name for what became a highly successful and uniquely American business model: "Amway"
anti-Christian	1900s	opposing Christian ideals and institutions
anticompetitive	1854	interfering with open competition and the enormous benefits that flow from it
anti-constitutionalist	2019	a description of the elected leaders who had taken over the Democratic party in the early decades of the 21st century
anti-endorsement	2022	coined by conservative Kari Lake in her candidacy for Arizona governor to describe the helpful effect of Trump-hater Liz Cheney running ads against her
antilife	1929	term criticizing a tendency to oppose life and lifesaving care
antitrust	1890	the origin is the passage of the Republican-sponsored Sherman Act to prohibit restraints of trade, one of the greatest pieces of legislation in all of history
apathetic	1744	term critical of those who are deliberately inactive and disengaged mentally
apologetic	1649	offered in support or defense, especially of Christianity (typically used today as the noun "apologetics").
apology tour	2009	the term is used to criticize someone who repeatedly apologizes for a country or institution that does a great deal of good; this term became popular to criticize the newly elected Barack Obama for going on a foreign tour to bash the United States, which was misleading and broke a tradition of presidents not doing that.
Apostles' Creed	1658	a concise statement of Christian faith that began with the original Apostles and has guided billions since. (The earliest historical evidence of the creed's existence is in a letter written by the Council of Milan in 390 A.D.^[11])
apparatchik	1941	an official who blindly does what he thinks his government superiors want, as in communism
apple pie	1780	honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditional American values.^[12]
arm-twisting	1945	behind-the-scenes pressure tactics used in politics, primarily by liberals, in order to compel people to vote and act in ways they would not do otherwise
assimilate	1880s^[13]	the desired absorption of immigrant groups into the culture and mores of the resident population
atheistic	1625-35	An adjective pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism.
attention span	1934	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.^[14] The average length of sentences in speech is another indication of attention span, and it has been shortening significantly.
Austrian economics	1900s^[15]	an approach to economics that emphasizes the purposeful decisions of individuals, and which was belatedly recognized by a 1974 Nobel Prize to Friedrich von Hayek; these economic ideas influenced Ludwig von Mises, Ron Paul, and 1987 Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan.
axiomatic	1797	self-evident (first usage), and later it developed the meaning of being based on a set of axioms
baby boom	1920^[16]	an increase in birthrate, which is a good thing; note that what is known as the post-World War II baby boom actually started before the war, contrary to what textbooks teach. Perpetuating the mistake, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the generation born between 1946 and 1964 as the baby boomers.^[17]
back burner	1963	inactive status away from attention, as in "RINOs try to put social issues on the back burner"
bag lady	1979	a woman, typically unmarried, whose life tragically degenerated into a homeless existence of wandering in a city while carrying bags of worthless possessions
bailout	1951	wasting taxpayer money to rescue, temporarily, a failing company
bake sale	1903^[18]	the activity of volunteers, typically women, baking good food and selling it to raise money for a worthy cause
balkanize	1919	to break a region or neighborhood into divisive components; the opposite of the American concept of assimilation or "E pluribus unum"
bargain hunter	1911	a conservative trait that helps keep inflation low. The first usage in courts occurred when the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down a regulation and explained that the improper regulation was too broad and not limited to protection against schemes that deceive a "veteran bargain hunter." Kanne v. Segerstrom Piano Mfg. Co., 118 Minn. 483, 487, 137 N.W. 170, 171 (1912).
baseball	1815	an American original that is governed by rules rather than a clock; the stars and fans are overwhelmingly conservative
bedrock	1840-1850	an American term for unbroken solid rock underneath fragments or soil, which adopted the figurative meaning of strong values: "bedrock principles"^[19]
beltway mentality	1986	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.
benchmark	1842	a quality standard for which people can strive
Best of the Public	2009	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.
biased	1649	to show prejudice for or against something; American society is rapidly becoming biased against Christian and Conservative beliefs
Bible Belt	1925	southern regions of the United States where people read the Bible and attend church, rather than try to avoid both as in the liberal Northeast and West Coast
Biblophobic	2012^[20]	hatred or fear of the Bible
Bidenflation	2022	an extremely harmful type of inflation and agflation that erodes the value of savings and wages without any way to safeguard against it, as even gold loses its value.
Bidenism	1992	an idiotic remark that would subject the politician to enormous ridicule if he were a conservative, but when spoken by liberal Joe Biden the media are just fine with it
Big arrow offensive	2022	refers to old-fashioned massed military formations and offensives prior to the advent of modern intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Big Brother	1949	government constantly watching its citizens; George Orwell first coined this term in his classic, 1984
Big Weed	2002	a sarcastic term to describe the selfish cannabis business interests, which inflict many harms in their quest for profits.
bigly	2016	in a big or impressive way; "we are going to expand opportunities for Americans bigly."^[21]
Bilderbergers	1964^[22]	a secret political society that was first exposed in A Choice Not an Echo; the society consists of elite globalists who have met annually since 1954 to try to exert influence over the world
biological clock	1955	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
Blame America Crowd^[23]	1984	Michael Barone quoted Jeane Kirkpatrick as saying that the "San Francisco Democrats" (site of the Democratic National Convention in 1984) "always blame America first."^[24]
blank check	1884	irresponsibly giving someone unlimited spending authority or power, as in "a Con Con would be a blank check to destroy the nation"
blather	1719	nonsensical or insignificant babble, as in "liberal blather is common in the lamestream media"
blue curtain	2016	Michigan and Pennsylvania, which for nearly 30 years were "safe" Democratic states in presidential elections totaling a whopping 36 electoral college votes in 2016, but won by Donald Trump in a massive upset aided by their lack of early voting that is manipulated by Democrats in other states.
Blue Dog Democrat	1995	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
bona fides	1910^[25]	evidence or confirmation of someone's good faith or authenticity
boomerang	1825	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
boondoggle	1935	"popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed." ^[26] The term gained popularity in Canada following a corruption scandal tied to the Liberal government in 2000.
boots on the ground	2003	political campaign workers who do the real work needed to win elections, such as going door-to-door to meet voters and helping boost voter turnout with personal efforts, rather than merely placing ads or sitting in a television studio; its earlier military usage means ground troops in battle rather than merely missiles or flyovers
bootstrap	1913	unaided effort, personal merit, hard work
bork	1988	coined by William Safire to refer to how Democrats savage a conservative nominee, such as their defeat of Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork.
born-again	1861	it takes an open mind and heart; this term's origin can be traced to John Wyclif's 1382 translation of the Bible: "But a man schal be born agen."
borrowed time	1898	a bit more time in life than one has earned, which is best spent by accepting the truth of the Bible
bottom line	1967	the essential point, without the liberal claptrap^[27]
brainstorm	1894	a burst of productive thought
brainwashing	1950	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.
Brexit	2016	the slogan for the successful campaign in the United Kingdom to leave the EU, it has since been copied to describe movements in additional countries to reject globalism, such as "Frexit."
bright-line rule	1971^[28]	a clear, unwavering line dividing what is allowed from what is prohibited; increasingly favored to avoid confusion and requirements that arbitrarily change. Championed by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
bromide	1836^[29]	hackneyed, unoriginal statement lacking in substance, similar to liberal claptrap
brinkmanship	1956	the art of displaying a willingness to use military force in order to obtain a just resolution to a conflict between nations
bubble	1720	an inflated financial market which ultimately collapses, as first used in reference to the South Sea Bubble.^[30]
bureaucracy	1818
busywork	1910	meaningless activity under the pretense of accomplishing something
buycott	2009^[31]	buying from companies and countries based on principles; the opposite of a boycott
cabin fever	1900	a mental and emotional reaction to a confinement on freedom of mobility as though imprisoned in a cabin
can-do	1903 ^[32]	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
Cantorize	2014^[33]	to be removed from a high political position by a vote in one's own primary
capitalism	1850-1855	creating jobs and wealth based on a private invention, ownership and investments rather than state-controlled resources
card-carrying	1950s	popularized by Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-WI) to describe senselessly dedicated communists; later used to great effect by George H.W. Bush to successfully criticize his opponent as a self-described card-carrying member of the ACLU.
career politician	1974^[34]	a term originally used for the entrenched communist government officials in Yugoslavia, with whom even President Tito was fed up; today it applies to the thousands of self-serving politicians who avoid productive jobs
carpetbagger	1868	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
carte blanche	1645-1655	unconditional authority or power, without any limits on misuse of that power
cash discount	1917	a reduction in price for payment by cash, in recognition of how cash is more efficient
catharsis	1775	facilitating forgiveness and spiritual renewal by expression, as in writing or teaching or confession
caucus	1763	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^[35] 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.
cesspool	1782	an evil or corrupt place or state.
chairwarmer	1987^[36]	someone who is useless and ineffective while holding a position, as in "Biden would at most be a chairwarmer of a president"
chaos agent	1960s	sow confusion and start fights, among the side one is supposedly on; the origin of the term was the Get Smart television comedy about the Cold War^[37]
chaperone	1720	care and well-being of youths overseen by adults
charisma	1930	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!)
checkmate	1789^[38]	a verb from the conservative game of chess which is widely used in many contexts today
Chicken Little	1895	one who falsely predicts disaster, especially for silly reasons: "global alarmists" are the Chicken Littles of our time^[39]
Chinese wall	1900	a beneficial, impregnable wall that safeguards against wrongdoing
choice, not an echo	1964^[40]	a pithy slogan that objects to politics-as-usual as controlled by insiders regardless of which political party wins
Christmas card	1883	another conservative innovation that apparently did not exist earlier, even though mail did; cards that say "Seasons Greetings" are a cheap imitation now.
Christmas tree	1835	the immensely popular custom of using an evergreen tree to support ornaments, cards and gifts, and symbolize life impervious to the darkness and cold of winter
chump change	1968	a term that highlights the insignificance of an amount of money; used especially against a miser or someone who makes the mistake of thinking money is more important than Christ
churchgoer	1687	a person who makes an effort, during the 168 hours in a week, to attend a church service
circle the wagons	1800s	regroup with family and friends, when under attack. usage from settlers in the old US west.
citizen's arrest	1941	private enforcement of the law without the need of a taxpayer-funded police officer
citogenesis	2011	the genesis of false factual assertions by circular citations originating from a fallacious source, such as Wikipedia; the term was first coined by Randall Munroe in his comic xkcd
civil defense	1939	civilians protecting themselves and their community against attack or natural disasters
claptrap	1799	pretentious, verbose, and often liberal nonsense; example usage: "the professor wasted the rest of the class on his liberal claptrap"
class act	1976	exemplify conservative principles with values, integrity and a work ethic
class warfare	1848	this concept was initially coined by Karl Marx in The Communist Manifesto, but it has become so discredited that it is now used mostly by conservatives to point out liberal demagoguery
closed shop	1904	a business that requires membership in a union as a condition of working there; 22 conservative states prohibit this
clueless	1943	hopelessly ignorant about something important, as liberals often are
Coasean	1980s	an efficient result or bargain based on market forces without the distortions caused by transaction costs
coattails	1848^[41]	the lifting of a weaker political candidate by a stronger one who is on the same ballot, as in Pat Toomey winning reelection for the Senate based on Trump's coattails in 2016; this term was popularized by a speech by Abraham Lincoln on the House floor
cogent	1659	compelling with the powerful force of reason, the opposite of liberal claptrap
cognizable	1662	capable of being known, or properly adjudicated in a court of law
cold turkey	1921	a slang term for doing something all at once, as in defeating an addiction by completely turning away from it, often by using power of the Bible and Christ
Cold War	1945	coined by George Orwell shortly after he wrote Animal Farm,^[42] as recognition that communist nations were at war with American freedom even in the absence of actual military conflict
collectivism	1857	when decision-making by a group takes priority over the good ideas of an individual, often preventing progress
Columbian	1757	relating to Christopher Columbus or the United States
commie	1930s	abbreviation for "communist" that captures their simple-minded totalitarianism
commie symp	1930s	pejorative term for "Communist sympathizer" or non-card-carrying member, such as "fellow travellers" and members of the Popular Front.
common sense	1726	sound judgment based on facts
competitive	1829
Con Con	1980s	popularized by Phyllis Schlafly to highlight the deception and risks inherent in proposed national constitutional conventions
conniption	1833	hysteria or alarm, as in "having a conniption fit"; a typical response by liberals when confronted with their double standards and illogical positions
conservation of charge	1949	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
conservative	1808^[43]	principles of limited government, personal responsibility, moral values, and productivity
conservative field	1870s?	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^[44]
consumer surplus	1890^[45]	the extra benefit received by consumers above the price they paid for a good or service, illustrating the value of the free market; specifically, consumer surplus is the difference between what consumers would have paid for something, and the lower price they did pay.
constant	1832	(noun) something unchanging in value
constitutionality	1787	its date of origin is the year of the Constitutional Convention that proposed the U.S. Constitution
contrarian	1657	someone who advocates views contrary to that of others; this type of person frustrates liberal attempts to gain control
cooking the data	1830	Charles Babbage used it in his book, "Reflections on the Decline of Science in England."^[46]
copacetic	1890s^[47]	Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, tap dancer extraordinaire, claimed the invention of this word; it was first popularized by African Americans
cop-out	1942	taking the easy way out, usually by shirking one's responsibilities
copyright	1735	extending private property to protect expressive works
corporate socialism	1970s	the tendency of large corporations to act in a socialistic manner, at the expense of meritocracy and productivity
correlate	1742	(verb) to show that one thing relates to another, such as atheism or homosexuality and selfishness or lack of charity; liberals falsely rely on anecdotes to deny the general relationship
countability	1874	Georg Cantor, loathed by the leading contemporary mathematicians, developed this in proving that the real numbers are uncountable
counterexample	1957	an example that is contrary to the proposition. A common point in logical, reasoned debate.
counterfactual	1946	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."^[48]
counterproductive	1959	interfering with a worthy goal. Example usage: "nearly everything a liberal supports is counterproductive."
counter-reformation	1840	a movement in response to another movement, as in a counter-reformation to the homosexual agenda
cover-up	1927	concealment by government officials of the truth about a matter of public concern
crackpot	1884	crazy talk, lunacy, a person on the fringe of reality
creation science	1970s	a term coined by the young-Earth creationist Henry Morris.^[49]
Credentialism	1967	the often-false belief that credentials make someone a better or more competent person
creativity	1875	an ability, unique to God and his likeness, to make something from nothing
cronyism	1952	the practice of appointing friends to important government or political positions, rather than the most ideologically aligned or competent; this was particularly a flaw in George W. Bush's administration
cross-examination	1824	the most effective tool against liberal deceit, better than even the requirement of an oath
crystal clear	1815	liberals are the opposite
culture war	1991	widespread use after the book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America by James Davison Hunter
cyberbullying	2000s	a type of obnoxious and hurtful liberal behavior on the internet
dark money	2010	money that influences politics in secretive ways without traceability to its mega-donors, such as George Soros
DC Gulag	2021	coined by conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to describe the inhumane mistreatment of Trump supporters as political prisoners in the Washington, D.C. jail long after the 70-day limit for pre-trial detention under the Speedy Trial Act and Sixth Amendment
de minimis	1948	an inconsequential amount. Sample usage: "Liberals typically spend at most de minimis time reading the Bible."
deadweight loss	1930s^[50]	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
death panel	2009	a provision of Obamacare that will enable a panel of government bureaucrats to decide who receives medical treatment
death tax	1989	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.^[51]
debunk	1923	derived from "bunkum" (nonsense), a term that originated in 1845 based on a silly, tiresome speech made by Congressman Felix Walker on the floor of Congress in 1820 in which he said his real audience was his constituents in Buncombe County, NC
decentralization	1846	the dispersion of power, as in a shift from national to local control
decrypt	1935	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
deep state	2017	the entrenched bureaucracy in D.C. that opposes and undermines attempts by a conservative president to scale back government
de-bank	2021	when banks refuse banking services to customers based upon ideological views.^[52]
de-escalate	1964	strive to reduce the dangerous intensity of a physical encounter, as in police work
defeatism	1918	a negative attitude that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
defensive driving	1964	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
deflation	1891	an increase in the value of savings
defund	1948	refers especially to termination of government funding of a wasteful or hurtful program
deliberative assembly	1774^[53]	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
demagogue	1648	the initial meaning of "demagogue" was positive, but preacher Robert South gave it a negative connotation in 1716 by observing that a "plausible, insignificant word, in the mouth of an expert demagogue, is a dangerous and a dreadful weapon."
demonic	1662	in its serious usage, "demonic" refers to actions that seem to be influenced by evil or by Satan himself, such as when someone acts out of character in a wrongful way, or when a group goes in a bad direction, or when random chance takes an unlikely bizarre turn; demonic also explains why some events or activities become more overbearing than they should
denaturalization	1858^[54]	taking away the citizenship of a naturalized citizen (a "natural born citizen" cannot be denaturalized).
deregulation	1963	Reagan won in 1980 by campaigning on this.
design by committee	before 1958	pejorative term directed against collective production by a group
despotism	1727	a ruler with unlimited powers
deterrence	1861	Disincentive of committing a crime based on the amount of punishment
detransition	2004^[55]	to halt and reverse the liberal mistake of attempting to change one's gender
devalue	1918	describing an unwelcome attitude or act, as in "devaluing human life"
devil's advocate	1760	someone who espouses the position of the wrong side, in order to test, sharpen and strengthen the right side
devotee	1645	ardent follower, supporter, or loyalty to. 56 years separates devotee and devoted in etymology.
disinformation	1939	false information spread (and sometimes manufactured) by groups with a strong political agenda
distributed manufacturing	2010	a network of geographically dispersed manufacturing facilities
division of labor	1776	increasing productivity through specialization of labor, as in a husband working in manufacturing while his wife cares for children
dog and pony show	1970	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
domino effect	1966	how the fall of one nation to communism can result in its harmful spread to neighboring nations
double standard	1894	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
doublethink	1949	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
doubting Thomas	1848	someone who believes only what he can see and touch, and doubts all else; named after the Apostle Thomas as described at John 20:24
drain the swamp	2016	popularized by Donald Trump, it is an expression that President Ronald Reagan once used in 1983 to “drain the swamp” in reference to big government in D.C.
drifter	1897	someone whose residency wanders about aimlessly, failing to become a permanent, productive member of any community
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.^[56]
dumb down	1933
dumpster diving	1982	Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can be used rather than discarded; first known use: "Restaurant and store owners have complained about drunks panhandling during the day and 'dumpster diving' through trash at night."^[57] It is also a popular method used by watchdog groups; they rummage through the trash of organizations they consider to be corrupt, hoping to find evidence to use against them (televangelist Robert Tilton's ministry was brought down in such a manner; thousands of prayer requests -- with all the donations removed -- were found in the dumpster of his attorney). The Supreme Court of the United States in Kissinger v. New York Times ruled that when a person throws something in the trash, they forfeit any claims to property rights over the discarded items.
dumpster fire	2008	senseless chaos characteristic of liberal endeavors
duplicitous	1928	someone—particularly a liberal politician—who deceptively says one thing when he really intends to do something else
dystopia	1868	the dehumanizing opposite of "utopia"; dystopia was first coined by the Victorian philosopher, John Stuart Mill in the British House of Commons: "It is, perhaps, too complimentary to call them Utopians, they ought rather to be called dys-topians, or caco-topians."
Eagle Scout	1913	the highest rank in the Boy Scouts, the term also means "a straight-arrow and self-reliant man."^[58]
earmark	2009	"A provision in congressional legislation that allocates a specified amount of money for a specific project, program or organization."^[59]
eat crow	1872^[60]	Liberal Republican Horace Greeley was described by critics as "boiled crow," which conjured up the meaning of humiliation associated with the term "eat crow."
echo chamber	1937	a figurative room with sound-reflecting walls, where people give opinions that influence no one and are heard only by other people who have their own opinions, such as cable news talk shows
economic rent	1889	revenue above the minimum amount to keep a good or service on the market, typically due to monopoly power; notice the date of origin was only one year prior to passage of the conservative Sherman Act in 1990
editorialize	1856	"to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts"^[61]
educrat	1968	a liberal education bureaucrat
efficiency	1633	ultimately from the Latin efficientem, meaning "working out, or accomplishing"^[62]
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."^[63]
elitism	1950	an attitude or belief in one's superiority based solely on membership in a particular group or community, especially liberals
embryoscopy	1967^[64]	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
empty nest	1962	a family home after children have grown and left
endgame	1881	a term from the conservative game of chess which refers to the final part of a project or triumph
entitlement	1944	a liberal welfare state's "reward" for refusing to work hard and succeed
entitlement mentality	1980s	a state of mind where people think they own things that are not theirs and which they did not work for
entrepreneur	1852	a brave person willing to take the necessary risks to establish a business, often found in the free market enterprise system
ethnic voting	1900s	widely recognized and even advocated by some,^[65] yet the dictionary doesn't yet recognize it
etiquette	1740	social standards of behavior that promote dignity and discourage inept communications (or lack thereof)
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"
existence proof	1950	overcoming denial that something is possible by referencing its existence
expatriate	1768	to give up one's own citizenship, or be banished by one's own nation
explain away	1704	a weaker form of liberal denial, "explain away" the truth is the only way that some remain liberal as they grow older
expose	1803	(noun) a statement of the facts, typically to discredit wrongdoing by government
eyeball-to-eyeball	1962	"We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked" was a conservative statement by Secretary of State Dean Rusk during the Cuban Missile Crisis.^[66]
facade	1845^[67]	Example usage: "The facade of a liberal politician is often conservative."
fair shake	1830	approaching an idea or concept with an open mind
fairy tale	1749	a fanciful fictional story. Sample usage: "Evolution is a fairy tale for adults who don't want to read and accept the logic of the Bible."
faith healing	1885
faithless elector	2016	an elector in the Electoral College who violates his pledge to support the candidate chosen by the voters in his state, and instead votes for someone else or abstains; the liberal media thereby referred to electors who might betray Trump
fake news	2017^[68]	Popularized by President Donald Trump in describing false smears by the liberal media against him and other conservatives.
false flag	2015	deceptive tactic by ISIS and other insurgents to commit heinous acts but falsely make it look like the governing regime did it. The origin of the name comes from a ship sailing under the false flag of its adversary until it got close enough to fire upon them.
family values	1916	a moral code that binds together and strengthens a typical family unit; 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, biological or figurative
faux conservative	1990^[69]
federal government	1787	used by Alexander Hamilton in the first phrase of the Federalist Papers to signify a government that is not fully sovereign, as the States are
federalism	1789	the unique system of dual sovereigns, state and federal (national), established by the U.S. Constitution
fear-mongering	1938^[70]	a method of stirring 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.
fiscal cliff	2012	first coined by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, it refers to the effect on the economy of a sharp drop in spending and perhaps an increase in taxes scheduled to take effect at approximately the same time.^[71]
fleebaggers	2011	a play on the word "teabaggers", a "fleebagger" is a Democrat state legislator who flees his or her state in order to block a quorum needed to pass conservative legislation, such as an election integrity bill in Texas in 2021.^[72]
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 majeure	1883	an intervening event beyond ordinary anticipation, such as an act of God or, in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic, which justifies nullifying a legal contract
force-feed	1901	to force someone to accept something, often against that person's will; what liberals do to students in public schools today in training them to be atheistic socialists
fornonormativity	2016	A state of a society, organization, or group in which fornication and related behaviors are presupposed to be normal, morally good, and expected. In a fornonormative social milieu, people who abstain from or oppose certain behaviors are considered deviant or worse.
forward-looking	1800	planning for the future rather than dwelling on the past
Founding Fathers	1914	the several dozen Christians^[73], not semi-secular deists, contrary to popular belief, who helped draft the formative documents of the United States
Frankenstein	1818	a misuse of science in creating a monster; a science fiction warning against scientism. Coined as the title of Mary Shelley's popular novel, where the monster's creator was named "Frankenstein" per a dream she had.
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	an economy wherein anyone can run a business with limited government intervention, if not none at all
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, fascism, and other dystopian, oppressive liberal governments
freeloader	1934	someone who avoids paying or working to earn a 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)
gamble	1726	to intentionally take a risk for the sake of the risk itself, often addictive and even demonic as in gambling
gang up	1925	group pressure
gateway drug	1982	a slang term describing an addictive substance that can lead to a more addictive substance, as in when 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^[74] 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
girlie men	1988	popularized by Arnold Schwarzenegger before he became California's Republican governor, beginning when he campaigned for President George H.W. Bush by referring to his liberal opponents as "girlie men"
Giving Tuesday	2012	a day of charity during the Christmas season, in response to "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday"
globalism	1997	Merriam-Webster states it was first used in 1943^[75] and the OED gives a date of 1965 for the exact term "globalism";^[76] the term "globalization" was first used in the mid-1980s in a different, complimentary sense.
gobbledygook	1944	circular bureaucratic directives; term was coined by conservative Texan Congressman Maury Maverick
God-fearing	1835	Living by the rules of God; living in a way that is considered morally right.
godsend	1820	something so miraculous that there is no other explanation for it other than it being a blessing from God; can be used positively in both the literal and figurative sense
go-getter	1921	someone who works hard with unwavering determination to achieve a goal
gold standard	1831	the highest standard. With respect to 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 book	1860	the Bible
Good Samaritan	1640	a person who performs acts of voluntary charity, as did a Samaritan in one of Jesus's parables
goon	1926	a dim-witted thug, especially 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.
gradualism	1835	a form of liberal creep
grandmaster	1927	the elite chess ranking of excellence, based entirely on merit, which is 99% male to the dismay of feminists
grandstand	1917	to act in an insincere or exaggerated manner in order to try to impress onlookers
grassroots	1901
gravy train	1927	easy money for little or no work, in contrast with the work ethic; notice how the Great Depression hit two years later
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	A religious revival. Christian Great Awakenings recur 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.
guardian angel	1631	a protector who guards someone from danger or evil; sometimes even a stranger unknown to the person protected.
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, authenticity, as in an official seal or distinguishing feature
handout	1882	describes charity and government giveaways
happy talk	1973	senseless banter among broadcasters in the lamestream media, as a substitute for real news; more generally, happy talk is unjustifiably feel-good rhetoric that implicitly denies the real existence of Hell.
hardworking	1774	the quality of working persistently to achieve something
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
hearsay journalism	2015	reliance on and repetition of falsehoods by anonymous sources, often from social media, which are typically underachieving liberal trolls.
heartland	1904	the central portion of the United States known for its Midwestern conservative values, Midwestern austerity, unpretentious culture, and lack of control by the liberal media and Hollywood.^[77]
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,^[78] Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas.^[79]
high maintenance	1980s^[80]	someone, often liberal, who repeatedly demands attention and unproductive help from others
hindsight	1866	understanding of an event or decision with the benefit of wisdom gained afterward
hippie	1965	a member of the original 1960s counterculture, which rejects traditional morality, encourages smoking marijuana and LSD, promotes feminine hairstyles on men and masculine hairstyles on women, encourages limitless extramarital sex, and shuns hard work; this term became increasingly pejorative over time
hissy fit	1970	an unjustified tantrum, typically female in nature, as in "feminists had a hissy fit when Lawrence Summers suggested (but criticized) the possibility that women have weaker scientific aptitude than men, and Summers ultimately resigned."
hoax	1796	to deceive the public into believing something that is false, often to pull people away from the Christianity and the Bible.
Hobson's choice	1649^[81]	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 (in 1908, "hokum" originated, which means pretentious nonsense^[82])
Holy Week	1710	the week leading up to Easter, including the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection
home rule	1855^[83]	self-government on an issue at a local level, as in curriculum in education being established by a school district rather than the state or federal government
homemaker	1876	a wife and mother whose efforts are wisely spent running the household for the family
homeschool	1980^[84]
hometown	1912	the place where someone grew up and typically obtained some benefit
homosexual agenda	1989	the sociopolitical ideology governing homosexuals; 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)
honor system	1903	an approach to discipline that emphasizes and encourages trust, honesty and personal responsibility rather than constant supervision
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 set forth in the Declaration of Independence
hypergamy	1883	the preference of many women to "marry up," which requires a society where men tend to make more than women do
hyphenated American	1889	an American citizen who identifies as another nationality before identifying as American; 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"^[85] (an old notion that hysteria was caused by the womb).
idealist	1829	a person guided by ideals
illiteracy	1660	a lack of reading comprehension or writing ability, which often results in lack of free will; liberals seek to produce illiterate voters who lack independence, and many graduates of the public schools are illiterate today
inalienable	1640s	describes something cannot be taken away, especially by government, as in "inalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence
inattentive	1741^[86]	more than 150 years before the discovery in physics of the connection between attentiveness/observation and uncertainty/chaos, this conservative word cautioned against inattentiveness
incentivize	1970	to create a reward to encourage good work
incidental inequality	2009	inequalities that result as side effects of an objectively just system
incoherent	1626	not consistently making sense; the term often applies to liberal double standards
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 Gödel's work in 1931
incrementalism	1966	imposing bad political or social change slowly
indecisive	1726	being unable to make a decision; can result from a lack of faith and determination
independence	1640	free will
individualism	1827	the idea that values, rights and duties arise from the individual
inerrancy	1834	free from error, as in "biblical inerrancy"
infinitesimal	1706	vanishingly small and approaching zero, as in the faith of an atheist
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, overcoming a tendency of complacent underachievement
inoculate	1721	to safeguard against future harm by developing immunity against it. Sample usage: "Conservapedia inoculates against liberal claptrap."
insightful	1907	what conservatism is about: gaining insights into the truth, and bettering individuals and society with them
inside baseball	1978^[87]	strategy and tactics known to the well-informed participants, but mysterious to most observers
intangible	1914	something valuable that cannot be seen or touched, such as goodwill
intellectual property	1845	denotes an intangible work that rightfully belongs to its creator, e.g. "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).
intelligent design	1991^[88]	coined in Darwin on Trial, a book by Philip Johnson, who is considered the father of the intelligent design movement and who co-founded the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in 1996^[89]
interventionism	1923	"governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country"^[90]
invisible hand	1776	coined by Adam Smith in the 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^[91] 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 professors, and how far out of touch with the truth it is
jabberwocky	1872	meaningless talk; coined by Lewis Carroll, a conservative mathematician, in his classic book "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"
Jekyll and Hyde	1886	established by the great conservative novel known today as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and a metaphor for liberal politicians and trolls.
John Hancock	1903	a personal signature, especially in a bold style that stands up for principles as John Hancock did with his signing the United States Declaration of Independence
judicial activism	1947	first coined in an article in Fortune magazine by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,^[92] and repeatedly used in U.S. Supreme Court opinions since 1967,^[93] 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."^[94]
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).^[95]
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^[96]	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)
Kafkaesque	1946	illogical, nightmare-like situations, which typically arise from Leftist control of a bureaucracy
killjoy	1776	one who spoils the pleasure of others.^[97] Example-Vandals seek to disrupt conservative wikis, an education project. They are a killjoy to the learning process.
kiss of death	1943	a kiss symbolizing the promise to kill someone, 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).
kudos	1831	praise for real achievement
kvetch	1952	to repeatedly complain, usually about unimportant, self-centered issues
la-la land	1979^[98]	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.
labor camp	1900	forced work prison
laissez-faire	1825	opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is minimally necessary
lame duck	1761	a public official whose current power is diminished because he will not be reelected, and thus lacks continuing authority
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.
lapdog	1950	Coined by Senator Joe McCarthy in the figurative sense as he attempted to remove communists from the State Department: "Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) renewed his Communists-in-Government charges today and called Senator Tydings (D-Md) the Truman administration's 'whimpering lap dog.'"^[99]
lawfare	2017^[100]	misuse of the legal system, typically by liberals, to seek political or financial gain while harming conservatives such as Trump and critics of election fraud,^[101]
leadership	1821	an ability and willingness to lead, often by example
learning curve	1922	initial, extra time and effort that is typically necessary before someone becomes productive
Left Coast	1990s	a more descriptive term for the West Coast of the United States
leftism	1920	principles and doctrine of leftists
level-headed	1876	"balanced", "having common sense and sound judgment"
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
lifelong	1855	something, usually a commitment, that lasts a lifetime, as in "a lifelong commitment to Christ"
limousine liberal	1969	a multi-millionaire who pretends to be compassionate about the poor, but supports liberal policies that increase burdens on working Americans
litmus test	1952	use of a single political issue to determine if a candidate or nominee is acceptable
local	1824^[102]	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,^[103] 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
low-information voter	2007	a term that explains why people vote for Democrats
lunatic fringe	1913	coined by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to describe members of eccentric, radical or extremist groups^[104]
Lysenkoism	1933	"used metaphorically to describe the manipulation or distortion of the scientific process as a way to reach a predetermined conclusion as dictated by an ideological bias, most often related to political objectives,"^[105] as Stalin did to justifying starving tens of millions in 1932 by withholding grain from Ukrainian farmers
machismo	1948	a slang word for masculine charm, never used favorably by feminists
magnum opus	1791	the greatest work by an author, as in Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations published 15 years before this term was coined.
Main Street	1743	one of the many small towns in America, and their conservative values
mainstay	1787	the primary support, typically for something good
make-work	1923	inefficient or useless activity that has the false appearance of being productive; a favorite endeavor of liberals. Jesus criticized make-work at Luke 10:41-42
mama's boy	1850	an effeminate male due to an overbearing mother
manhunt	1846	notice how sexist the term is, and yet liberals have not been able to convert it to "personhunt"
man-hater	1970s^[106]	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?"^[107]
man-to-man	1902	a style of candor and honesty when men in good faith deal with each other and see a resolution beneficial to all
market failure	1958^[108]	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
Mardi Gras	1699	The annual celebration on the eve of Ash Wednesday and Lent, particularly in the historically Catholic city of New Orleans.
marriage redefinition	2003	descriptive term used to criticize the legalizing of same-sex marriage in Canada.
mask police	2020	busybodies, typically anti-Trumpers, who demand that others wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic despite unproven benefits of masks
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 military honor for bravery on the battlefield
media bullying	2008^[109]	first coined by Conservapedia, media bullying is aggressive bias by the media in the attempt to influence a politician or others, typically toward a liberal goal
melting pot	1912	a nation that requires "social and cultural assimilation" of immigrants for successful immigration^[110]
memory hole	1949	a term created by George Orwell in his classic novel, 1984, to describe the censoring of something historical for political reasons
mercantilism	1776	a term popularized by Adam Smith in his The Wealth of Nations (as "mercantile"^[111]), although he was critical of its emphasis on the accumulation of precious metals such as gold and the use of tariffs to build national wealth; this term is conservative in favoring nationalism and population growth
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
micromanage	1985	insistence on controlling details, typically by liberals to censor progress; Ronald Reagan was critical of this style by Democrat Presidents
Midwest conservative	2006	used initially to describe right-leaning politicians from the Midwest including Gerald Ford when he passed away, the term captures the mixture of common sense, intellectualism, and faith that leads the conservative movement from the heartland.
mind control	1944	a pejorative term for how an atheistic government influences what people believe, especially through public education
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
mission creep	1991	the liberal tendency to incrementally broaden the original goals of an organization or mission; used by Tucker Carlson to describe the defect in the investigation by Robert Mueller of the Trump Administration in 2017
missionary	1625	someone sent on a mission, typically a religious mission
mob justice	2021	used by multiple critics of the demands and pressure by liberals for a murder conviction in the Derek Chauvin trial, despite a lack of evidence for any intent to kill or a wrongful cause of death
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.
moxie	1930	determined enthusiasm, initially coined as a trademark for a popular soft drink sold at baseball games and elsewhere
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^[112]
Murphy's Law	1958	if something can go wrong, then it will go wrong: this was a conservative insight by engineer Edward Murphy
muscle car	1967	placing a powerful engine in a classic two-door car for highly efficient performance; the result celebrates masculine style against erosion by feminism
myopic	1990s	originally a term in optometry (1752), 1990's used to describe liberals' lack of foresight
namby-pamby	1745^[113]	weak, indecisive, and, when describing a male group, also effeminate
name-dropping	1950	a term critical of the liberal practice of seeking to impress others by casually mentioning personal association with prominent people regardless 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."^[114] Note how two powerful new conservative terms led to a third here!
national conservatism	1976	a concept that applies more to the conservative movements in Europe, but also in the United States with respect first to Barry Goldwater's senate reelections campaigns and ultimately to President Donald Trump
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
neopopulism	2012	a form of populism that is conservative, as articulated by the book Neopopulism as Counterculture.^[115] In a somewhat different way, the populism-based election of Donald Trump was also a conservative neopopulism.
Never-Trumper	2015	emotional, nearly deranged opponents of Donald Trump, such as Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney
noel	1811	a Christmas carol or, when capitalized, Christmas itself
non-justiciable	1922^[116]	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
nonstarter	1902	an idea—typically a liberal one—that has no possibility of being productive
nonstarter	1902	an idea—typically a liberal one—that has no possibility of being productive
nothingburger	1953^[117]	A useful term in deflating persons or theories, as in Leftist conspiracy theories and politicians.
nuclear family	1920s	a family consisting of a Leave It to Beaver-style upbringing of children with one mother and father only.
nullification	1798	assertion of authority by a State against encroachment by the federal government, in defense of liberty
obstructionism	1879	deliberate interference with free speech or legislative progress, as when liberal legislators (the "fleebaggers") fled Wisconsin to try to block a reform
October surprise	1980	a scheme by Dems to cause surprise headlines in the liberal media to influence an upcoming election, as first predicted by conservative Bill Casey^[118] and as later done by Dems to GOP candidates George W. Bush in 2000 and to Donald Trump in 2016
off the grid	1978	self-sufficiency independent of public utilities for electricity and municipalities for water
officialdom	1863	people who are "officials" in government; the term is used today in a pejorative manner to criticize them.
Old Glory	1862	a poetic name for the United States of America flag, as is Stars & Stripes
one-size-fits-all	1996^[119]	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."^[120] 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."^[121]
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
opportunistic bioterrorism	2020	Concealment of the emergence of a biological agent, pathogen or a disease by acts of commission or omission with the knowledge that such an act will harm or kill humans, animals, or plants with the intent to intimidate or coerce a government or civilian population to further political or social objectives or by using a situation to get power or an advantage.^[122]
opportunity cost	1911
optimism	1759
ordered pair	1870s	developed by the Christian Georg Cantor, this conservative concept was part of the set theory that he invented and revolutionized mathematics with, despite opposition by the establishment
organic food	1950s	a grassroots conservative response, led by mom-and-pop consumers and pharmacies, against government-approved pesticides and mandatory fluoridation
originalism	1985	taken from the concept of "original intent." The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
originality	1742	Liberals not only lack originality, but (like Justice Hugo Black) are often hostile to its possibility.
Orwellian	1960s	terminology or style that advances the power of big government but is hurtful or nonsensical^[123]
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
overthink	1987^[124]	to think so much about a problem or issue as to miss more advantageous, simpler approaches. Sample usage: Donald Trump's successful style illustrated that his rivals were overthinking politics.
pack heat	1940s	carry a concealed firearm, allowed by permit in nearly every state, yet liberal bias has made dictionaries slow to recognize this term
Pagan Rome	???	a blunt reference, used mostly by Seventh-day Adventist Christians, to summarize the pagan depravity of the Roman Empire
parenting	1958	children raising
Parkinson's Law	1955	how bureaucracies expand regardless of productivity, and how inefficient work expands to fill the time available for its completion
parochial school	1755	a donation-supported, religious alternative to the mistake of public schools
Parthian shot	1832	a negative term for the tactic of expressing criticism while one exits, just as the ancient Parthians would shoot arrows while retreating in battle. This tactic is common among those who reject conservative truths, as seen when left-leaning editors leave Conservapedia.
partial-birth abortion	1995^[125]	a hideous "dilation and extraction" abortion late in pregnancy that dismembers the child and punctures his head
passive-aggressive	1946	aggressively obstinate by failing to act, as liberals are in refusing to read the Bible with an open mind
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	the concept of being willing to serve one's nation under any circumstances, especially when defending it against outside opponents
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' 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) (Stewart, J., dissenting and concurring).
pejorative	1882	a word that has negative connotations in describing something, which the liberal media use while pretending that the term is neutral, such as "nativism" or "isolationism"
Pelosi pawn	2021	The term described RINO Liz Cheney as she became a toady for the Leftist agenda in supporting continued investigation and even imprisonment of ordinary Americans for entering the United States Capitol on January 6th.
perpetual war	1947	Coined by historian Charles A. Beard,^[126] it has been used most recently by Ann Coulter
personhood ^[127]	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^[128]	needed to address liberal deceit
photo bias	1992^[129]	a common trick of the liberal media to push the reader to the political left on an issue, as in displaying a man without teeth as an opponent of a liberal bill or candidate.
Pickwickian	1836	a simple and generous quality, usually a person in the mold of Samuel Pickwick, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers
pie in the sky	1911	an unrealistic claim of value about a future materialistic benefit
piece of cake	1936	Sample usage: with church and the Bible, life can be a piece of cake, but without Christ it can be very difficult
plandemic	2020	politically motivated hysteria over a pandemic, in order to advance Leftist goals such as mail-in voting and increased government control through vaccine mandates and passports, and mandatory masking of schoolchildren
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
play in Peoria	1969	a saying in defiance of the liberal media-dominated culture on the coasts, first used in this way by President Richard Nixon's aide John D. Ehrlichman in response to the press: "Don't worry, it'll play in Peoria."^[130]
poetic justice	1890	when virtue is rewarded and/or wrongdoing is punished in an indirect or unexpected way
point of order	1745^[131]	an objection to how a proceeding or discussion is being conducted, typically in opposition to liberal style and bias
political capital	2004	popularized by President George W. Bush after he won reelection and declared that he would "spend" the political capital by implementing his agenda
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
political prisoner	1864^[132]	someone imprisoned for his political beliefs. Sample usage: Foreign leaders have objected to how political prisoners are being held in jail in D.C. in 2021 for many months without a trial, for their peaceful support of President Trump.
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.^[133]
politicize	1846	seeking political gain at the expense of truth or quality^[134]
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.
poll watcher	1890s	a volunteer who monitors traffic and identification verification at a polling booth in order to protect election integrity
Pollyanna	1913	a very optimistic, cheerful, and exuberant person who lights up the world around her; the main character in the best-selling children's book by that name written by Eleanor H. Porter (published in 1913)
poppycock	1865	assertions that are nonsense, as much of liberal talk is
portability	1965	the degree to which something—particularly software—may be easily moved with minimal expense from one technology platform to another; parables are effective because of their portability among languages
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^[135]
Potemkin village	1935	a phony facade designed to distract the public from a disgraceful condition, typically used to describe deception by a government against the people
potential	1817^[136]
pothead	1959	someone who smokes marijuana and doesn't realize its long-term negative psychological effects
potty-mouthed	1987^[137]	a tendency by someone to use vulgarities while commenting
powerhouse	1881	source of energy and strength - which is what the conservative movement is
price discrimination	1920	charging different prices for exactly the same service or good; first coined by the British economist (and critic of John Maynard Keynes) Arthur Cecil Pigou in The Economics of Welfare.
price fixing	1920	the setting of prices in interference of the free market; it is illegal for private companies to do this, but the government itself sometimes does it
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	describes one who supports women going through with having children rather than killing them in the womb
pronoun police	2015	a pejorative term popularized by Breitbart.com^[138]
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
public charge	1880	an official term used by the government to describe someone who depends on payments from the government
publicity stunt	1969^[139]	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.
puff piece	1980s	a biased story by the lamestream media to promote someone who shares their Leftist views
punctual	1675	consistently showing up on time, rather than a disrespectful tardiness
quantify	1840
quisling	1940	a traitor who collaborates with the enemy, from the name of Vidkun Quisling, the Norway army officer who urged Adolf Hitler to invade Norway whereupon Quisling declared himself the ruler and later became its "minister president" until it was liberated.
race card	1995^[140]	"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.
reasonable doubt	1770	a Christian concept for the benefit of the souls of jurors, not the accused; first used in English by John Adams (before that, in canon law) in addressing the jury during his defense of the Boston Massacre perpetrators: "Where you are doubtful never act: that is, if you doubt of the prisoner's guilt, never declare him guilty; that is always the rule, especially in cases of life."^[141]
rapture	1629	spiritual ecstasy [10]
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 diaper baby	1960s^[142]	child of American communists (typically born between 1940 and 1970), some of whom (such as David Horowitz) later converted to the side of liberty and conservatism.
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
resourceful	1808	first used at the Aaron Burr trial with a negative connotation, but it acquired today's positive connotation by 1847.
responsibility	1737	the state of having a duty to do something, or being accountable or blamable for something; 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.
rethink	1700^[143]	to reconsider, a sign of openmindedness
reverse discrimination	1969	the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better-qualified person
revisionism	1903^[144]	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
right-of-way	1768	a right to pass through, other rights notwithstanding
RINO	1992	First known use in print: "Bill Clinton would have been proud .... The Republicans were moving out and the Democrats and 'RINOs' (Republicans In Name Only) were moving in."^[145]
RINO Backer	2012	a more important term than "RINO", because what matters most is whether someone will stand up for a conservative position and candidate when the liberal media demand that everyone flock to the liberal side.
riot act	1715^[146]	the Riot Act was a law passed in England in 1715 to authorize officials to disperse riots
risk averse	1970s^[147]	the antidote to gambling, being risk averse attains the immense benefits that result from minimizing uncertainty
Rock of Gibraltar	1776	unwavering strength amid adversity
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 neighboring countries and support terrorism. Rogue states often reject human values and brutalize their own people.
role model	1957	someone, such as a parent, teacher, athlete, statesman, or any walk of life, who inspires others by their everyday conduct
rope-a-dope	1974^[148]	a strategy, first coined in boxing by the victorious Muhammad Ali of initially remaining passive and deflecting attacks while an adversary tires himself out or demonstrates his lack of effectiveness; some similarity with the New Testament advice to "turn the other cheek."
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."
rugged	1897^[149]	sample usage: "rugged individualism," which describes the American character
running start	1926	taking initiative earlier than required, in order to achieve more
run of the mill	1930	meaning "merely average, commonplace," the term is critical of a failure to strive for excellence
Ruthian	1920s^[150]	a spectacular performance in sports, like a mammoth home run by Babe Ruth
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
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"^[151]
scam	1963	a deceptive scheme, which is what most liberal theories are. Interestingly, the origin of the term "scam" is unknown, but its timing near the beginning of the 1960s is telling.
scapegoating	1943	a term criticizing how people, particularly liberals, deflect accountability and blame from themselves to others; inspired by Leviticus 16:8.
school choice	1980	popularized by Milton Friedman in his book, Free to Choose
school of hard knocks	1912^[152]	education by difficult, painful experiences
scientific fascism	2009	a coordinated effort by a group of scientists to enforce a certain point of view upon others.
scofflaw	1924	a word invented by the best of the public as part of a contest to describe people who are contemptuous of laws and repeatedly violate them
scrooge	1843^[153]	a miserly person, the surname of the main character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
scrutinize	1671	its original meaning was to examine votes, and thus prevent liberal attempts at voter fraud
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	The ability to protect oneself against violent assault; weapons, including firearms, may be used for self-defense
self-destruct	1968	often the tragic result of liberal falsehoods
self-discipline	1838
self-preservation	1614	preservation of oneself from destruction or harm
self-reliant	1848
sheeple	2017^[154]	mindlessly doing as told politically or by peer pressure, as used by Dr. Ben Carson in 2022 to describe physicians who are complicit in transgender medical operations.^[155]
shortsighted	1649	focusing too much on the near-term future, at the expense of the long-term future
separation of powers	1748	the fundamental principle of the U.S. Constitution, separation of powers originated from "The Spirit of the Laws" by the French political philosopher Montesquieu.^[156] Separation of powers establishes checks and balances as a safeguard against the concentration of power.
shotgun marriage	1929	pregnancy => get married. Think of someone besides yourself for a change.
show trial	1937	trials, especially in communist countries, which have preordained outcomes but are used for propaganda purposes
sidewalk counseling	1975	the practice of volunteers exercising their right of free speech to advise women against abortion as they walk on sidewalks toward abortion clinics; liberals have passed laws to restrict and censor this
silent majority	1969	coined by President Richard Nixon in his speech to the nation on Nov. 3, 1969;^[157] refers to the largely conservative population in America silenced by liberal media
silver lining	1871	a benefit that is not obvious to see, particularly amid a disappointment
skullduggery	1867	underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
silent majority	1955^[158]	a poetic term for those conservative Americans silenced by liberal media despite being greater in numbers; the term is a reminder not to give a heckler, a protester, or a vocal minority more deference than they deserve when the silent majority properly opposes their views
slippery slope	1900s	term has been widely used for decades to expose the fallacy of "it doesn't hurt to try"
small beer	1836	coined by Davy Crockett to signify someone or something having little significance, despite hype typically by liberals
small talk	1745	inconsequential, shallow conversation that is usually a waste of time
small town values	1984	term was first used by Democrat John Glenn in his failed presidential run in 1984, in a futile effort to appear more conservative than Ronald Reagan
smoke and mirrors	1979	something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue.^[159] Widely used during the 1990s to describe Bill Clinton's political strategy.
smoke-filled room	1920	a pejorative term describing how a few political insiders sometimes pick a candidate or make a decision in a secret room (in the old days, filled with cigar smoke)
smoking gun	1974	a law-and-order term, "smoking gun" was first used as a figurative term in a reported judicial decision in Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp., 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12775 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 20, 1975), and many literal uses of the term in court decisions before that!
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; this is a significant voting bloc or demographic group
social engineering	1925	an increasingly pejorative term for liberal attempts to create a "nanny state"
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
sophomoric	1813	pretending to know much, when in fact the person knows little and is even immature
soul-searching	1924	personal reflection about one's own values and morality
soup kitchen	1839	providing soup and other food to the poor based on charitable contributions, often through churches
sour grapes	1760	disparagement of something by someone who failed to attain it, rather than admitting his own faults
spend-and-tax	2009^[160]	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.^[161]
sportsmanship	1745	displaying chivalry in victory or defeat, and recognizing that moral values matter more than a win or a loss
spot-on	1949	precisely correct, as in a prediction or in overcoming imprecision in a challenging task; its origin is from the military
squirrelly	1928	like a squirrel; jumpy and unpredictable; as in liberals get squirrelly when confronted with facts.
squish	1981	someone who pretends to be conservative when it is popular, but then caves into liberals as soon as they start to criticize him
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
stalemate	1765	the fifth entry on this list from the conservative game of chess, a stalemate is when an opponent has no move other than into check, and thus the game ends in a draw
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.'"^[162]
statism	1919	advocates for centralized government and government ownership
Statue of Liberty	1900	a phrase used to describe it more than a decade after its completion
status quo	1833	a useful baseline for assessing and promoting conservative growth
stay-at-home	1806	typically usage is "stay-at-home mom," the mainstay of successful, productive family life
stem-winder	1875	first-rate of its kind, especially a political speech; term inspired by the innovation for the watch to be wound by stem rather than by a key
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
strategy	1810	a careful plan or method, the opposite of liberal style
street-smart	1974	the non-bookish intelligence necessary to survive and thrive in an unstructured, rough-and-tumble environment analogous to a tough neighborhood in a big city
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 betrayals)^[163]
subsidiarity	1936	the concept (opposed by liberals) that responsibilities performed by local or subordinate organizations should not be usurped by centralized government
sugarcoat	1865	popularized by Abraham Lincoln to say that secession is a sugarcoated word for rebellion
Sunday school	1783	classes where students can actually learn something helpful: Christian education on Sunday morning, usually after a church service
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
survivalist	1970	one who is determined and prepared to stay alive, and even thrive at minimal living expense, if liberals cause a breakdown of society
take-charge	1954	proactive leadership for the greater good
takeover	1917	as in the takeover of government by the communist revolution in that year
takings	1926^[164]	use of the power of eminent domain by government to convert private property to a public use, typically disfavored by the property owner
targeted propaganda	2023	propaganda, particularly by the liberal media, that is tailored to discrediting one person, as explained by RFK Jr. while being victimized by it
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 expansive government
Tebowing	2011	bending on one knee in public to give glory to God (named after pro-life NFL quarterback Tim Tebow)
teetotaler	1834	someone who does not drink any alcohol, and thereby avoids supporting the alcoholic industry
term limits	1861	can you believe this is not in the dictionary yet? Merriam-Webster omits it, but dictionary.com has it^[165]
terrorism	1795	Coined during the French Revolution, refers to any form of spontaneous extreme violence, mainly committed by Muslims in modern times
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
Thanksgiving Day	1674	a tradition older than the United States
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?
thought police	1949	“The most gifted of [the public], who might possibly become a nuclei of discontent, are simply marked down by the Thought Police and eliminated.” - George Orwell, 1984.
time sink	1991	this term originated at MIT to describe a programming class that consumed enormous amounts of students' time
time-tested	1930	an approach that has proven to be beneficial over time, like heterosexual marriage
tin-pot	1838	small-minded person who undeservedly pretends to be important or abuses his power, as in a "tin-pot dictator"
toady	1826	an insincere sycophant seeking personal gain, as in "toadies to the liberal agenda far outnumber its true believers"
top-notch	1900	the highest quality, which requires respect for merit to recognize
tort reform	1970^[166]	a movement placing sensible limits on runaway liberal lawsuits
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"^[167]
tradwife	2020	portmanteau of "traditional wife": an embrace of the traditional role of a wife in the 1950s as a homemaker, who rejects the side of feminism that is man-hating^[168]
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
transparency	1615	allowing people who are affected by decisions to see how and why those decisions are really being made.
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
Trump Derangement Syndrome	2017	an irrational, hysterical opposition to President Donald Trump simply because he is Donald Trump
Trump effect	2016	based on the leadership of Donald Trump, voluntary decisions by American companies to keep manufacturing jobs in the United States rather than move them offshore
trust but verify	1980s	popularized by President Ronald Reagan as the approach to use towards communist deceit
two-party system	1925	a system of government and politics in which two political parties of roughly comparable strength dominate, as in the United States
typewriter	1868	invented by a homeschooled American, Christopher Sholes, used to disseminate conservative insights
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
un-American	1818	contrary to American values
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)
uncertainty principle	1929	an underlying chaos (uncertainty) at the atomic level in the physical world after the Fall of man, which renders a perpetual motion machine and life beyond 120 years impossible
underachiever	1952	a typically liberal person who fails to accomplish what he could
underdog	1859	David v. Goliath, Cinderella, best of the public, etc.
underemployed	1908	having less than full-time or suitable employment
underwater basket weaving	1950s	A pejorative that describes worthless college courses and a declining educational system; see Worst College Majors.
underwhelm	1949	a great word for beating back liberal hype
unforced error	1995^[169]
uniparty	1953^[170]	The DC establishment of Democrats and Republicans funded by the same globalist and multinational donors.^[171]
unscripted	1950	speaking sincerely without parroting a script; "Rand Paul and Chris Christie are effective because, unlike Obama, they are unscripted."
unsung hero	1860	someone who accomplishes good without receiving recognition for it
useful idiot	1920^[172]	Sample usage: "There are not as many useful idiots on college campuses for the Obama reelection campaign in 2012 as there were in 2008, and it's doubtful he can fill a stadium rally unless the campaign pays students to attend."
vaccine police	1999	popularized by Phyllis Schlafly as first cited by the media in a front-page Philadelphia Inquirer article, which quoted her for saying "that the 'vaccine police' want to deny American parents the right of informed consent to vaccines and that the personal immunization records kept by states are the first step toward 'compulsory control of individual health care.'"^[173]
vacuous	1850s^[174]	lacking any insight or depth of thought - common among liberal claptrap
vandalism	1798^[175]	malicious destruction of someone else's property
vaporware	1984	a new computer program that is not really available as hyped in the media; see also the parable of the two sons at Matthew 21:28-32
venture capital	1943	capitalism at its best: funding new and risky enterprises to create wealth for many
veracity	1623	devotion to truthfulness
vet	1904^[176]	a verb meaning to screen for flaws
veto	1629	a power by one branch of government to restrain another branch, and thereby attain less government overall
victimization	1840
volunteer	1618	someone who freely offers to help
wag the dog	1997	describes how a Democrat president starts a war in a distant land to distract from his own sex scandal (or any popularity) at home.
wannabe	1981	a word that criticizes liberal status worship
War on Terror	2001	no listing at Merriam-Webster; on February 2, 2009 (less than two weeks after inauguration), Obama dropped use of this term.^[177]
washed-up	1928	no longer productive, as in "the washed-up liberal professor has not contributed anything to his field in 30 years."
wasteland	1825	first figurative use was in 1868; T.S. Eliot wrote a poem with this title (as two words) in 1922.^[178] Fits perfectly the meaning conveyed in the "kingdom divided" teaching in Matthew 12:25.
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
weasel word	1900^[179]	a word that is not conservative and which avoids being direct or substantive; named after the weasel's habits as criticized by Shakespeare in Henry V and As You Like It.
Welfare queen	1976	a disparaging term for someone who collects excessive welfare payments through fraud, manipulation, or laziness. First used by Ronald Reagan during his 1976 Presidential campaign.
welfare state	1941	a government that views its primary responsibility to be to give handouts to individuals to make sure they have what they need
white elephant	1860	an oversized building that is worth less than its high costs of maintenance
wildcatter	1883	a pro-energy term that describes someone who drills for oil in fields not known to have oil
wishful thinking	1925	in liberal denial of evil and the devil, liberals engage in unjustified wishful thinking
wishy-washy	1873^[180]	easily changing in opinion, usually due to peer pressure
woman's intuition	1890^[181]	a perception more common in women that something or someone is to be avoided without yet understanding why.
word poverty	2001^[182]	popularized by President George W. Bush
wordsmith	1873	someone who seeks to use language effectively, as many conservatives strive to do
work (physical sense)	1826	a physical measure^[183] of effort used to increase energy
work ethic	1951	a habit of working as a moral good
workaholic	1968	coined by a Southern Baptist pastor to describe the work habits of himself and other ministers^[184]
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
yes-man	1913	someone, often a liberal, who agrees (and votes) as he is told
Young Turk	1908	an idealistic young man who seeks significant political change by defeating the Establishment
zero-sum	1944	activities or political approaches in which a gain can only be achieved at a corresponding loss to someone else. For example, Facebook revenue is "zero-sum" because it results from users wasting their time (or ruining their marriages); reading or translating the Bible is not zero-sum.
ziggurat	1877	an ancient house of worship first constructed by the Mesopotamian civilization; predicted by Biblical scientific foreknowledge in the story of the Tower of Babel, the existence of the ziggurats was unknown to the Western world throughout most of history

Sources

References

↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8013859.stm
↑ The King James Version of the Bible was published in 1611, by then William Shakespeare had written nearly all his plays.
↑ From Pollard v. Shaaffer, 1 U.S. 210, 213 (1 Dall. 210) (Pa. S.Ct. 1787): "In the case before the court, if the lessee had covenanted for himself and his assigns, to deliver up the tenements in good order and repair, notwithstanding they should be destroyed by act of God or of an Enemy, then this action would certainly lie, because of the special express words; but when there are no such words, but only generally to repair &c. would it be reasonable to construe these words so as to extend to the cases put?"
↑ Merriam-Webster asserts a date of origin of 1635 in its online version [1], but 1859 in its 10th edition print version.
↑ See, e.g., Jesus's cure of the centurion's slave.
↑ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-philosophy/#ActDis
↑ The title of a book: "The Administrative State" by Dwight Waldo (1948).
↑ http://www.christianadvice.net/famous_christians.htm
↑ The concept originated a bit earlier, but its first best articulation was when a federal court recognized that "agency capture" is "where the regulated become the regulators." Huron Valley Hospital, Inc. v. Pontiac, 612 F. Supp. 654, 663 (E.D. Mich. 1985).
↑ 1911 is the date given by the "OED", which refers to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives a date of 1931.
↑ Christianity Today
↑ Merriam-webster- Apple pie
↑ estimate only; this originated sometime in the late 1880s.
↑ http://www.help4teachers.com/ras.htm
↑ A more precise date is welcome; "Austrian school" was coined a bit earlier, initially as a derisive term.
↑ Baby boomer phrases.org.uk, retrieved August 30, 2012
↑ Newsroom: Facts for Features - Special Edition - The Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!
↑ Citizen Patriot of Jackson, Michigan, “Albion,” pg. 6, (Nov. 21, 1903)
↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bedrock
↑ http://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-greg-laurie-i-hate-the-word-homophobic-83209/
↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bigly
↑ First coined by Phyllis Schlafly in A Choice Not an Echo (1964) as "DeBilderbergers" based on the Dutch origin of the name.
↑ Or "Blame-America-First Crowd"
↑ http://www.creators.com/opinion/michael-barone/the-blame-america-first-crowd.html
↑ Estimate for the emergence in popularity of this meaning of the term.
↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=boondoggle&searchmode=none
↑ The original usage of the term the "bottom line" had nothing to do with money.
↑ First used by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Harlan II in United States v. Jorn, 400 U.S. 470, 486 (1971), where he rejected adopting a bright-line rule for that case.
↑ Its figurative meaning probably dates from the late 1800s.
↑ https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=bubble
↑ https://www.wordsense.eu/buycott/
↑ according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Miram-webster gives the date of 1945
↑ named after the upset landslide defeat of the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his own primary. Made popular by Sarah Palin on national television in 2016 by declaring that she will campaign against Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in his primary.
↑ 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.
↑ The future author of the Massachusetts Constitution who also played a role in developing the Declaration of Independence.
↑ William Safire popularized this word in his regular New York Times column entitledOn Language (March 8, 1987).
↑ From Get Smart in the late 1960s:
Mr. DON ADAMS: Sorry about that, chief. That's another case.
Ms. BARBARA FELDON: Who is that?
Mr. ADAMS: George Robinson, Chaos agent, Hawaiian branch.
Ms. FELDON: Fabulous disguise.
↑ First usage as a verb then, see https://www.etymonline.com/word/checkmate
↑ 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.
↑ Popularized by the bestselling book entitled "A Choice Not An Echo" by Phyllis Schlafly in 1964.
↑ Speech in the House by Abraham Lincoln on July 27, 1848.
↑ http://www.worldwar2history.info/war/causes/Cold-War.html
↑ "[T]his is one of those rare cases when the [Oxford English Dictionary] gets something wrong. America, not Britain, deserves credit for inventing the word. Jacob Wagner, a Massachusetts federalist, first used conservative in its modern political sense in a letter dated May 13, 1808." David Lefer, The Founding Conservatives, page 5 (2013).
↑ 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.
↑ First coined by Cambridge University Professor Alfred Marshall in his acclaimed text, Principles of Economics (1890).
↑ http://www.scientus.org/Church-Science-History.html
↑ 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.
↑ Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Accounting Oversight Bd., 130 S. Ct. 3138, 3163 (2010) (5-4 decision).
↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801716.html
↑ Confirmation of the first use is desired.
↑ See Dr. Frank Luntz, Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
↑ https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/28/joke-is-on-the-teller-greg-gutfeld-calls-out-snl-over-embarrassing-trump-de-bank-skit-1431804/
↑ Introduction to Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised (19th Ed. 2000), xxv.
↑ Jones v. McMasters, 61 U.S. (20 How.) 8 (1858). An earlier use of 1800 is cited by Merriam-Webster but for a different, non-legal meaning.
↑ https://www.oed.com/dictionary/detransition_v?tl=true#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20use%20of,de%2D%20prefix%2C%20transition%20v.
↑ 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).
↑ Phil Long, "Special Wing for Drunks Suggested at Future Jail," Miami Herald D1 (Nov. 24, 1982).
↑ Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (1994).
↑ Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (2009).
↑ After popular use, in 1885 the Magazine of American History wrote, "'To eat crow' means to recant, or to to humiliate oneself."
↑ Merriam-Webster (1994).
↑ Online Etymological Dictionary
↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/circular129johnuoft/circular129johnuoft_djvu.txt
↑ 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.
↑ http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/5/2/3/4/p152345_index.html
↑ http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/annals.htm
↑ 1845 is the date of origin for the figurative use. The literal use dates back to 1650s, meaning the front of a building.
↑ The term was used by liberals in late 2016, and had sporadic use going back even as early as the 1890s, but did not become common until 2017 when President Trump began using it.
↑ First coined by The Economist, in "New England's governors; All change" (September 22, 1990), in reference to Lowell Weicker's "loss in 1988 to a Faux-conservative Democrat, Mr Joseph Lieberman."
↑ The New York Times attributed the first use -- ironically -- to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
↑ http://www.benjaminfedwards.com/blog/?p=197
↑ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/12/fleebaggers-a-history-of-democrats-running-away-to-deny-a-quorum/
↑ Religious Affiliation of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Adherents.com
↑ http://www.allbusiness.com/information/publishing-industries/251259-1.html
↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalism
↑ http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50095613/50095613se2?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=globalism&first=1&max_to_show=10&hilite=50095613se2
↑ https://www.britannica.com/place/Midwest
↑ 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).
↑ Good News Club v. Milford Cent. Sch., 533 U.S. 98 (2001)
↑ The use of the term was picked up and repeated in a movie released in 1989, When Harry Met Sally (1989).
↑ this term has the entertaining history of originating with an English liveryman who required customers to "choose" the horse closest to the door.
↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hokum
↑ Dictionary.com estimates the first use as being at 1855-60
↑ the OED assigns a date of origin of 1850 to "homeschool".
↑ Meriam Webster Dictionary
↑ Date of origin given by the Online Etymology Dictionary; Merriam-Webster cites an earlier date of origin, perhaps with a narrower meaning.
↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/19/magazine/on-language-inside-baseball.html (popularized in the 1970s, but a date of origin earlier in the 1900s is likely)
↑ A few isolated references to this phrase, without its full current significance, can be found dating back to the mid-1800s
↑ http://biologos.org/resources/johnson-phillip-e
↑ Merriam-Webster (1994).
↑ Alan Turing reportedly used the term for a completely different meaning that went nowhere. [2]
↑ http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/278089
↑ United States v. Wade, 388 U.S. 218 (1967).
↑ Osage Tribe of Indians v. Ickes, 45 F. Supp. 179, 184-85 (D.D.C. 1942) (emphasis added).
↑ 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).
↑ http://rated.com/dir/Society/Issues/Environment/Opposing_Views/Junk_Science
↑ Killjoy 1776 Mer-Web
↑ 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. ..."
↑ https://www.etymonline.com/word/lapdog (quoting AP news story of Aug. 7, 1950)
↑ Its first use was in 1975, but in a very difference sense of describing more litigation in the Western than the Eastern part of the world.
↑ The High Price of Democrats’ Anti-Trump Lawfare, By Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2024.
↑ This date refers to its first usage as a noun, which is an estimate of its adoption as a concept.
↑ Lone wolf, Merriam-Webster
↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lunatic
↑ https://politicsandinsights.org/tag/adam-smith-institute/
↑ This was during the epic struggle -- and defeat -- of the so-called Equal Rights Amendment.
↑ Sunday, Oct. 30, 1983, Section 6, Page 12, Column 3.
↑ Coined as the title of a scholarly article by Francis M. Bator, "The Anatomy of Market Failure," The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1958) [3]
↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Media_bullying&oldid=430831 (Apr. 14, 2008)
↑ Merriam-Webster dictionary (1994)
↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3300/3300-h/3300-h.htm
↑ Merriam-Webster - Muckraker
↑ In 1726, poet Henry Carey first coined this term to ridicule rival poet Ambrose Philips, whose verses were unsophisticated. The modern meaning of the term developed a bit later.
↑ Leo Ryan, "Economy Shored up: France's new surge of liberalism," The Globe and Mail (Canada) (Aug. 1, 1978)
↑ By Thomas Dahlberg and Erick Kaardal (Vision Series: 2012).
↑ 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."
↑ First attributed use is by Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons, who used the term to disparage minor celebrities.
↑ William Safire, in Safire's Political Dictionary (p. 487), attributes this phrase to Casey in a personal discussion with the columnist Safire in 1980.
↑ Was there an earlier conservative use? Frank Zappa's album cover in the 1970s does not count!
↑ http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1996/dec96/er-dec96.html
↑ http://platform.gop.com/2008Platform.pdf
↑ http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/covid-19-the-chinese-military-and-maj-gen-chen-wei/
↑ http://www.ntu.org/main/press.php?PressID=604
↑ started its sharp increase in usage in this year
↑ Used by congressman Charles Canady to name the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act" to prohibit the horrific procedure.
↑ Charles A. Beard is best known for interpreting the Constitution as being primarily motivated by economic interests.
↑ Personhood Dictionary.com
↑ This surprisingly recent origin appears to be derived from a British confidence game.
↑ A letter to the editor by a reader of the liberal Chicago Tribune observed, "This is the third time in recent weeks that a weird or disfigured picture of Mr. Quayle has appeared in your Sunday paper."
↑ Scheetz, George H. "Peoria." In Place Names in the Midwestern United States. Edited by Edward Callary. (Studies in Onomastics; 1.) Mellen Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7734-7723-3
↑ Free dictionary gives a range of 1745-1755 for first usage
↑ Apparently coined as part of a history of the Civil War.
↑ For an early different usage of the word, see J. Wilson, comments in U.S. Republic, 1793: "The states, rather than the people, for whose sake the states exist, are frequently the objects which attract and arrest our principal attention... 'The United States', instead of the 'People of the United States', is the toast given. This is not politically correct." [4]
↑ The Merriam-Webster definition (1994 ed.) is incomplete and unclear: "to give a political tone or character to"
↑ Editorial by Kaye Cash, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR), October 23, 1986.
↑ Usage here refers to "promise", not "possibility".
↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potty-mouthed
↑ https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2015/04/28/bruce-jenner-and-the-pronoun-police/
↑ Earlier usage in the 1900s may have occurred, but the term "stunt" was not coined until 1878.
↑ This is the date of its widespread familiarity.
↑ http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=fss_papers
↑ https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/60/messages/606.html
↑ Date of origin given by the 10th Edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary; its online dictionary has an earlier date.
↑ The first use of this term, now obscure, refers to a Marxist movement that preferred evolutionary rather than revolutionary change.
↑ John DiStaso in the conservative New Hampshire Union Leader, in December 1992 shortly after Clinton's election.
↑ Its colloquial use, as in "read them the riot act," began in 1819.
↑ Its first use in a published law review article or court decision was in Joint Committees as an Alternative Form of Arbitration Under the NLRA, 47 Tul. L. Rev. 325 (Feb. 1973).
↑ Coined by Muhammad Ali immediately after he won a stunning upset in his famous boxing match, "The Rumble in the Jungle," on October 30, 1974. Hot Idioms
↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rugged
↑ First used by The New York Tribune. [5]
↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/burkesspeechonco00burkuoft/burkesspeechonco00burkuoft_djvu.txt
↑ coined by George Ade, a popular Midwestern columnist and author, in his book "Knocking the Neighbors": [6]
↑ Popularized as a general term in 1899.
↑ Officially recognized by Merriam-Webster in 2017 with its broad ideological meaning; earliest isolated use was in 1945 to refer to mindlessly following the government. [7]
↑ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/ben-carson-adamantly-refuse-child-sex-changes-hippocratic-oath
↑ http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/separation-of-powers.aspx
↑ http://watergate.info/nixon/silent-majority-speech-1969.shtml
↑ first use was British but the term was popularized by the Nixon Administration in response to protests against the Vietnam War
↑ Smoke and Mirrors, Merriam-Webster
↑ http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/02/morning-bell-the-obama-tax-and-spend-economy-is-here/
↑ General Petraeus describes Axelrod by Bob Woodward
↑ Centinel, 1788 (quoted in The Federalist party in Massachusetts to the year 1800, By Anson Ely Morse).
↑ Columnist Kathleen Parker is credited with first coining this term.
↑ Marion & R. V. R. Co. v. United States, 270 U.S. 280, 285 (1926) (the Supreme Court referring for the first time to "takings by eminent domain")
↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/term+limit
↑ http://faculty.lls.edu/workshops/documents/nockleby.pdf (citing the late 1960s and 1970s for the beginning of the movement)
↑ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traditionalist
↑ https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/us/tradwife-1950s-nostalgia-tiktok-cec/index.html
↑ Christine Wallace, "Coalition needs a new partner," Australian Financial Review p. 17 (May 15, 1995) ("John Howard's unforced error in a pre-recorded interview [was] to tell ABC-TV's Paul Lyneham that things would only be 'cooking with gas' if variable mortgage rates began to fall, when precisely that happened in between recording the interview and it going to air, [and this] is a gift to Labor with an election in sight ....") |incorporated into politics from tennis, this term means an unnecessary mistake that was not caused by a difficult question or conduct by the other side.
↑ Originally applied to the "Solid South", it increasingly was applied to both parties with growth of the military industrial complex in the 1960s.
↑ https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/23/report-rnc-corporation-has-lowest-on-hand-bank-funds-since-2016/
↑ Attributed originally to Lenin, but since used by others like Nobel Prize winner (Literature) Doris Lessing to describe how she was manipulated by the communists: “I was taken around and shown things as a ‘useful idiot’... that’s what my role was. I can’t understand why I was so gullible.” [8]
↑ Huntly Collins, "LIFE GIVER OR LIFE TAKER: A DEBATE ON THE VALUE OF VACCINES, SPECIAL REPORT, IMMUNIZATIONS: A PUBLIC-HEALTH STAPLE COMES UNDER SIEGE," Philadelphia Inquirer A1 (Oct. 3, 1999).
↑ This word as a prior date of origin for its physical meaning.
↑ From the French word "vandalisme", first seen in print there in 1794 by the Bishop of Blois, Henri Grégoire, to criticize the senseless destruction of fine art during the French Revolution. [9]
↑ http://www.slate.com/id/2199254/?from=rss
↑ Obama administration drops 'war on terror' phrase Pew Forum, February 2, 2009
↑ https://www.etymonline.com/word/wasteland
↑ The Stained-Glass Political Platform, by Stewart Chaplin (1900)
↑ An archaic meaning of poor quality dates to 1690.
↑ Notice how this predates the modern feminists, who would tend to consider this term politically incorrect.
↑ http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/summer2001/lang_gap_moats.html
↑ Work equals force times distance.
↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-on-language-wordplayers.html

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-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.
+[[Image:Tax-spend.jpg|thumb|400px|The "tax-and-spend" slogan stuck to [[Harry Hopkins]] like a well-fitted suit.]]
+<!--[[File:Conservative words.jpg|thumb|300px|The growth in conservative words on an annual basis (red), compared with a geometric growth rate (Courtesy [[User:Jcw]])]]-->[[Conservative]] terms, with [[conservative insights]], originate at a faster rate and with higher quality than [[liberal]] terms do.  '''''Thus conservative triumph over liberalism is inevitable'''''.
-[[Image:Tax-spend.jpg|thumb|480px|The "tax-and-spend" slogan stuck to Harry Hopkins like a well-fitted suit.]]
+The [[English language]] develops about 1,000 new words annually.  The [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]] contains about 8,000 different words;<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8013859.stm</ref> many strong new words -- akin to [[prime numbers]] -- have developed since. '''''You can benefit from these'''''.
-The inevitable triumph of conservatism over liberalism is apparent from comparing the rates of generation of new terms of each type, and the quality of the terms so generated.  Conservative terms are being generated at a faster rate, and with much higher quality, than liberal terms are.  In the 20th century, for example, more conservative terms were developed, and they were developed at a steadier pace.  The new liberal terms were clustered in the 1920s and 1960s, were fewer in number, and lacked the same high quality.
-A small percentage of those new words are tremendously powerful.  Here are some examples developed since the King James Version was published.  Not a single one of these words was available to the translators of the King James Version:
+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 indicates the future will be increasingly conservative.
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+!Century
+!# New Conservative Terms
+|-
+|1600s
+|41 (beginning in 1611)
+|-
+|1700s
+|86
+|-
+|1800s
+|177
+|-
+|1900s
+|356
+|-
+|2000s
+|70 (preliminary)
+|-
+|}
+==Conservative words and terms==
+<!--{| align=lwft border=1 cellspacing=0 style="border-width: 5px; border-color: #c0c0c0; background: #e0e0e0; margin: 2em;"
+| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 40px 10px 40px;" | Newest Layer by century, 1600s-1900s<br> 0-0-0-0
+|}-->
+{{clear}}
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
 !New Term
 !Origin date
 !Comments
+|-
+|a.m.
+|1762
+|"a.m." means "before noon" in [[Latin]] (ante meridiem); it became popular much as "[[A.D.]]" did.  Also, a morning [[work ethic]] is a conservative concept.
+|-
+|abortuary
+|1983
+|an [[abortion]] clinic, which in reality is a mortuary for unborn children
+|-
+|[[abstract nonsense]]
+|1940s
+|a pejorative term for unnecessarily abstract mathematics of doubtful rigor; [[liberal denial]] insists that this term, which describes something as "nonsense", is somehow not negative!
 |-
 |[[accountability]]
 |1794
-|
+|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, is responsible for their wrongdoing.
+|-
+|[[accuracy]]
+|1660
+|conservatives strive for accuracy, while many liberals are masters of [[deceit]]
+|-
+|Achilles' heel
+|1864
+|an inevitable weak point of vulnerability amid overall strength, highlighting the need for [[God]] even by the strongest
+|-
+|act of [[God]]
+|1787<ref>From ''Pollard v. Shaaffer'', 1 U.S. 210, 213 (1 Dall. 210) (Pa. S.Ct. 1787): "In the case before the court, if the lessee had covenanted for himself and his assigns, to deliver up the tenements in good order and repair, notwithstanding they should be destroyed by act of God or of an Enemy, then this action would certainly lie, because of the special express words; but when there are no such words, but only generally to repair &c. would it be reasonable to construe these words so as to extend to the cases put?"</ref><ref>Merriam-Webster asserts a date of origin of 1635 in its online version [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/act%20of%20god], but 1859 in its 10th edition print version.</ref>
+|an extraordinary, unforeseeable event, such as a massive flood or earthquake; term was probably inspired as a reference to the [[Great Flood]]
+|-
+|[[action-at-a-distance]]
+|1693
+|[[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> [[Materialists]] censor this concept, while Einstein criticized it  as "spooky".
+|-
+|[[activism]]
+|1915
+|this differentiates conservatives from inactive people; this term might have originated in connection with [[Prohibition]] and efforts to pass the [[Eighteenth Amendment]]
+|-
+|[[addictive]]
+|1939
+|the intrinsic characteristic of certain things or activities to induce repetitious involvement, usually with a harmful effect on the participant, as in [[gambling]], or [[video games]].
+|-
+|administrative state
+|1948<ref>The title of a book: "The Administrative State" by Dwight Waldo (1948).</ref>
+|originally used in a descriptive manner by admirers of it, the term is frequently used in a pejorative manner by conservatives due to the lack of accountability of an overbearing bureaucracy.
+|-
+|aerobics
+|1967
+|invented by the [[Christian]] Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper<ref>http://www.christianadvice.net/famous_christians.htm</ref> to describe his self-help program to improve health; he gave the title "Aerobics" to his ground-breaking book in 1968, and eventually it revolutionized attitudes toward exercise.
+|-
+|[[agency capture]]
+|1985<ref>The concept originated a bit earlier, but its first best articulation was when a federal court recognized that "agency capture" is "where the regulated become the regulators."  ''Huron Valley Hospital, Inc. v. Pontiac'', 612 F. Supp. 654, 663 (E.D. Mich. 1985).</ref>
+|the misuse of Big Government (agencies) by Big Business to choke off free enterprise through regulations that impede competition
+|-
+|[[agflation]]
+|2008
+|an increase in the particular costs to farmers (agriculture), often due to the [[War on farmers]] such that the cost increase exceeds the increase in the price levels of their goods sold as measured by [[inflation]]
+|-
+|agitprop
+|1929
+|propaganda designed to incite agitation, originally coined to describe communist propaganda
 |-
-|alarmism
+|[[alarmism]]
 |1867
-|needless warnings
+|needless warnings, as in the politically motivated claims of [[global warming]]
+|-
+|{{#ifexist: alcoholism | [[alcoholism]] | alcoholism }}
+|1860
+|excessive or addictive drinking of alcohol
+|-
+|[[algorithm]]
+|1849
+|an efficient and consistent step-by-step methodology for achieving a goal, the opposite of [[liberal style]]
+|-
+|altar call
+|1899
+|an invitation by a preacher for people to come forward to the altar to signify their personal commitment to [[Christ]], and many do
+|-
+|[[altruism]]
+|1853
+|selfless assistance of others; this also occurs in the animal kingdom, and is a [[counterexample to evolution]]
+|-
+|ambulance chaser
+|1896
+|a lawyer who searches for victims to persuade them to sue for his profit
 |-
 |[[American dream]]
 |1911<ref>1911 is the date given by the "OED", which refers to the Oxford English Dictionary. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives a date of 1931.</ref>
-|
+|the vision that, with hard work, anyone in America can attain happiness and prosperity
 |-
-|anti-Christian
+|[[American exceptionalism]]
+|1835
+|the idea that the United States and the American people hold a special place in the world, by offering opportunity and hope for humanity
+|-
+|American Way
+|1930s
+|later conservative entrepreneurs used this to coin a new name for what became a highly successful and uniquely American business model: "Amway"
+|-
+|[[anti-Christian]]
 |1900s
-|about a million sites turn up in a Google search, yet the Merriam-Webster dictionary doesn't recognize this important term
+|opposing Christian ideals and institutions
+|-
+|anticompetitive
+|1854
+|interfering with open competition and the enormous benefits that flow from it
+|-
+|[[anti-constitutionalist]]
+|2019
+|a description of the elected leaders who had taken over the [[Democratic party]] in the early decades of the 21st century
+|-
+|anti-endorsement
+|2022
+|coined by [[conservative]] [[Kari Lake]] in her candidacy for [[Arizona]] governor to describe the helpful effect of [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Trump-hater]] [[Liz Cheney]] running ads against her
+|-
+|[[antilife]]
+|1929
+|term criticizing a tendency to oppose life and lifesaving care
+|-
+|[[antitrust]]
+|1890
+|the origin is the passage of the [[Republican]]-sponsored [[Sherman Act]] to prohibit restraints of trade, one of the greatest pieces of legislation in all of history
+|-
+|apathetic
+|1744
+|term critical of those who are deliberately inactive and disengaged mentally
+|-
+|apologetic
+|1649
+|offered in support or defense, especially of Christianity (typically used today as the noun "apologetics").
+|-
+|apology tour
+|2009
+|the term is used to criticize someone who repeatedly apologizes for a country or institution that does a great deal of good; this term became popular to criticize the newly elected [[Barack Obama]] for going on a foreign tour to bash the [[United States]], which was misleading and broke a tradition of presidents not doing that.
+|-
+|[[Apostles' Creed]]
+|1658
+|a concise statement of [[Christian]] [[faith]] that began with the original [[Apostles]] and has guided billions since. (The earliest historical evidence of the creed's existence is in a letter written by the Council of Milan in 390 A.D.<ref>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/articles/churchhomeleadership/080730.html Christianity Today]</ref>)
+|-
+|[[apparatchik]]
+|1941
+|an official who blindly does what he thinks his government superiors want, as in [[communism]]
+|-
+|[[apple pie]]
+|1780
+|honesty, simplicity, wholesomeness. Relating to, or characterized by traditional American values.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple%20pie Merriam-webster- Apple pie]</ref>
+|-
+|arm-twisting
+|1945
+|behind-the-scenes pressure tactics used in politics, primarily by [[liberals]], in order to compel people to vote and act in ways they would not do otherwise
 |-
 |assimilate
-|late 1800s
+|1880s<ref>estimate only; this originated sometime in the late 1880s.</ref>
 |the desired absorption of immigrant groups into the culture and mores of the resident population
 |-
-|bailout
+|[[atheistic]]
+|1625-35
+|An adjective pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism.
+|-
+|attention span
+|1934
+|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.
+|-
+|[[Austrian economics]]
+|1900s<ref>A more precise date is welcome; "Austrian school" was coined a bit earlier, initially as a derisive term.</ref>
+|an approach to economics that emphasizes the purposeful decisions of individuals, and which was belatedly recognized by a 1974 [[Nobel Prize]] to [[Friedrich von Hayek]]; these economic ideas influenced [[Ludwig von Mises]], [[Ron Paul]], and 1987 Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan.
+|-
+|axiomatic
+|1797
+|self-evident (first usage), and later it developed the meaning of being based on a set of axioms
+|-
+|[[baby boom]]
+|1920<ref>[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/baby-boomer.html Baby boomer] phrases.org.uk, retrieved August 30, 2012</ref>
+|an increase in birthrate, which is a good thing; note that what is known as the post-World War II baby boom actually started before the war, contrary to what textbooks teach. Perpetuating the mistake, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the generation born between 1946 and 1964 as the baby boomers.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb06-ffse01-2.html Newsroom: Facts for Features - Special Edition - The Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!]</ref>
+|-
+|back burner
+|1963
+|inactive status away from attention, as in "RINOs try to put social issues on the back burner"
+|-
+|bag lady
+|1979
+|a woman, typically unmarried, whose life tragically degenerated into a homeless existence of wandering in a city while carrying bags of worthless possessions
+|-
+|[[bailout]]
 |1951
 |wasting taxpayer money to rescue, temporarily, a failing company
 |-
-|biased
+|bake sale
+|1903<ref>[https://www.redstate.com/barrypopik/2011/03/27/origin-of-the-bake-sale-and-maddows-bakesales-for-bombersbakesales-or-billionaires/ Citizen Patriot of Jackson, Michigan, “Albion,” pg. 6, (Nov. 21, 1903)]</ref>
+|the activity of volunteers, typically women, baking good food and selling it to raise money for a worthy cause
+|-
+|balkanize
+|1919
+|to break a region or neighborhood into divisive components; the opposite of the American concept of assimilation or "[[E pluribus unum]]"
+|-
+|bargain hunter
+|1911
+|a [[conservative]] trait that helps keep [[inflation]] low.  The first usage in courts occurred when the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down a regulation and explained that the improper regulation was too broad and not limited to protection against schemes that deceive a "veteran bargain hunter."  ''Kanne v. Segerstrom Piano Mfg. Co.'', 118 Minn. 483, 487, 137 N.W. 170, 171 (1912).
+|-
+|[[baseball]]
+|1815
+|an American original that is governed by rules rather than a clock; the stars and fans are overwhelmingly conservative
+|-
+|[[bedrock]]
+|1840-1850
+|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>
+|-
+|beltway mentality
+|1986
+|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.
+|-
+|benchmark
+|1842
+|a quality standard for which people can strive
+|-
+|[[Best of the Public]]
+|2009
+|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.
+|-
+|[[Bias|biased]]
 |1649
-|
+|to show prejudice for or against something; American society is rapidly becoming ''biased'' against Christian and Conservative beliefs
+|-
+|[[Bible Belt]]
+|1925
+|southern regions of the [[United States]] where people read the [[Bible]] and attend church, rather than try to avoid both as in the [[liberal]] Northeast and West Coast
+|-
+|Biblophobic
+|2012<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-greg-laurie-i-hate-the-word-homophobic-83209/</ref>
+|hatred or fear of the [[Bible]]
+|-
+|Bidenflation
+|2022
+|an extremely harmful type of [[inflation]] and [[agflation]] that erodes the value of savings and wages without any way to safeguard against it, as even [[gold]] loses its value.
+|-
+|Bidenism
+|1992
+|an idiotic remark that would subject the politician to enormous ridicule if he were a [[conservative]], but when spoken by [[liberal]] [[Joe Biden]] the media are just fine with it
+|-
+|Big arrow offensive
+|2022
+|refers to old-fashioned massed military formations and offensives prior to the advent of modern [[intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance]].
+|-
+|[[Big Brother]]
+|1949
+|government constantly watching its citizens; [[George Orwell]] first coined this term in his classic, ''[[1984]]''
+|-
+|[[Big Weed]]
+|2002
+|a sarcastic term to describe the selfish [[cannabis]] business interests, which inflict many harms in their quest for profits.
+|-
+|bigly
+|2016
+|in a big or impressive way; ''"we are going to expand opportunities for Americans bigly."''<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bigly</ref>
+|-
+|Bilderbergers
+|1964<ref>First coined by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] in ''A Choice Not an Echo'' (1964) as "DeBilderbergers" based on the Dutch origin of the name.</ref>
+|a secret political society that was first exposed in ''[[A Choice Not an Echo]]''; the society consists of elite [[globalists]] who have met annually  since 1954 to try to exert influence over the world
+|-
+|biological clock
+|1955
+|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
+|-
+|Blame America Crowd<ref>Or "Blame-America-First Crowd"</ref>
+|1984
+|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>
+|-
+|blank check
+|1884
+|irresponsibly giving someone unlimited spending authority or power, as in "a Con Con would be a blank check to destroy the nation"
+|-
+|blather
+|1719
+|nonsensical or insignificant babble, as in "liberal blather is common in the [[lamestream media]]"
+|-
+|blue curtain
+|2016
+|Michigan and Pennsylvania, which for nearly 30 years were "safe" Democratic states in presidential elections totaling a whopping 36 electoral college votes in 2016, but won by [[Donald Trump]] in a massive upset aided by their lack of [[early voting]] that is manipulated by [[Democrats]] in other states.
+|-
+|[[Blue Dog Democrat]]
+|1995
+|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]]
+|-
+|bona fides
+|1910<ref>Estimate for the emergence in popularity of this meaning of the term.</ref>
+|evidence or confirmation of someone's good faith or authenticity
+|-
+|boomerang
+|1825
+|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
+|-
+|boondoggle
+|1935
+|"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.
+|-
+|boots on the ground
+|2003
+|political campaign workers who do the real work needed to win elections, such as going door-to-door to meet voters and helping boost voter turnout with personal efforts, rather than merely placing ads or sitting in a television studio; its earlier military usage means ground troops in battle rather than merely missiles or flyovers
+|-
+|bootstrap
+|1913
+|unaided effort, personal merit, hard work
 |-
 |bork
 |1988
-|coined by William Safire to refer to how Democrats savage a conservative nominee, such as their defeat of Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork.
+|coined by [[William Safire]] to refer to how Democrats savage a conservative nominee, such as their defeat of Supreme Court nominee [[Robert H. Bork]].
+|-
+|born-again
+|1861
+|it takes an open mind and heart; this term's origin can be traced to [[John Wyclif]]'s 1382 translation of the [[Bible]]: "But a man schal be born agen."
+|-
+|borrowed time
+|1898
+|a bit more time in life than one has earned, which is best spent by accepting the truth of the [[Bible]]
+|-
+|bottom line
+|1967
+|the essential point, without the [[liberal claptrap]]<ref>The original usage of the term the "bottom line" had nothing to do with money.</ref>
+|-
+|brainstorm
+|1894
+|a burst of productive thought
+|-
+|brainwashing
+|1950
+|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.
+|-
+|[[Brexit]]
+|2016
+|the slogan for the successful campaign in the [[United Kingdom]] to leave the [[EU]], it has since been copied to describe movements in additional countries to reject [[globalism]], such as "[[Frexit]]."
+|-
+|bright-line rule
+|1971<ref>First used by [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[John Harlan II]] in ''United States v. Jorn'', 400 U.S. 470, 486 (1971), where he rejected adopting a bright-line rule for that case.</ref>
+|a clear, unwavering line dividing what is allowed from what is prohibited; increasingly favored to avoid confusion and requirements that arbitrarily change.  Championed by [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Antonin Scalia]].
+|-
+|bromide
+|1836<ref>Its figurative meaning probably dates from the late 1800s.</ref>
+|hackneyed, unoriginal statement lacking in substance, similar to [[liberal claptrap]]
+|-
+|brinkmanship
+|1956
+|the art of displaying a willingness to use military force in order to obtain a just resolution to a conflict between nations
+|-
+|bubble
+|1720
+|an inflated financial market which ultimately collapses, as first used in reference to the South Sea Bubble.<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=bubble</ref>
 |-
 |[[bureaucracy]]
 |1818
 |
+|-
+|busywork
+|1910
+|meaningless activity under the pretense of accomplishing something
+|-
+|buycott
+|2009<ref>https://www.wordsense.eu/buycott/</ref>
+|buying from companies and countries based on principles; the opposite of a [[boycott]]
+|-
+|cabin fever
+|1900
+|a mental and emotional reaction to a confinement on freedom of mobility as though imprisoned in a cabin
+|-
+|can-do
+|1903 <ref>according to the Oxford English Dictionary. [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can-do Miram-webster] gives the date of 1945</ref>
+|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]]
+|-
+|[[Cantorize]]
+|2014<ref>named after the upset landslide defeat of the [[House]] [[Majority Leader]] [[Eric Cantor]] in his own primary.  Made popular by [[Sarah Palin]] on national television in 2016 by declaring that she will campaign against [[Speaker of the House]] [[Paul Ryan]] in his primary.</ref>
+|to be removed from a high political position by a vote in one's own primary
+|-
+|[[capitalism]]
+|1850-1855
+|creating jobs and wealth based on a private invention, ownership and investments rather than state-controlled resources
+|-
+|card-carrying
+|1950s
+|popularized by Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy|Joe McCarthy]] (R-WI) to describe senselessly dedicated [[communist]]s; later used to great effect by [[George H.W. Bush]] to successfully criticize his opponent as a self-described card-carrying member of the [[ACLU]].
+|-
+|career politician
+|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>
+|a term originally used for the entrenched communist government officials in Yugoslavia, with whom even President Tito was fed up; today it applies to the thousands of self-serving politicians who avoid productive jobs
+|-
+|[[carpetbagger]]
+|1868
+|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
+|-
+|carte blanche
+|1645-1655
+|unconditional authority or power, without any limits on misuse of that power
+|-
+|cash discount
+|1917
+|a reduction in price for payment by cash, in recognition of how cash is more efficient
+|-
+|catharsis
+|1775
+|facilitating forgiveness and spiritual renewal by expression, as in writing or teaching or confession
+|-
+|caucus
+|1763
+|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.
+|-
+|cesspool
+|1782
+|an evil or corrupt place or state.
+|-
+|chairwarmer
+|1987<ref>William Safire popularized this word in his regular ''New York Times'' column entitled''On Language'' (March 8, 1987).</ref>
+|someone who is useless and ineffective while holding a position, as in "[[Biden]] would at most be a chairwarmer of a president"
+|-
+|chaos agent
+|1960s
+|sow confusion and start fights, among the side one is supposedly on; the origin of the term was the ''[[Get Smart (TV series)|Get Smart]]'' television comedy about the [[Cold War]]<ref>From ''Get Smart'' in the late 1960s:
+<br>Mr. DON ADAMS: Sorry about that, chief. That's another case.
+<br>Ms. BARBARA FELDON: Who is that?
+<br>Mr. ADAMS: George Robinson, Chaos agent, Hawaiian branch.
+<br>Ms. FELDON: Fabulous disguise.</ref>
+|-
+|chaperone
+|1720
+|care and well-being of youths overseen by adults
+|-
+|charisma
+|1930
+|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!)
+|-
+|checkmate
+|1789<ref>First usage as a verb then, see https://www.etymonline.com/word/checkmate</ref>
+|a verb from the [[conservative]] game of [[chess]] which is widely used in many contexts today
+|-
+|Chicken Little
+|1895
+|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>
+|-
+|Chinese wall
+|1900
+|a beneficial, impregnable wall that safeguards against wrongdoing
+|-
+|choice, not an echo
+|1964<ref>Popularized by the bestselling book entitled "[[A Choice Not An Echo]]" by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] in 1964.</ref>
+|a pithy slogan that objects to politics-as-usual as controlled by insiders regardless of which political party wins
+|-
+|Christmas card
+|1883
+|another conservative innovation that apparently did not exist earlier, even though mail did; cards that say "Seasons Greetings" are a cheap imitation now.
+|-
+|Christmas tree
+|1835
+|the immensely popular custom of using an evergreen tree to support ornaments, cards and gifts, and symbolize life impervious to the darkness and cold of winter
+|-
+|chump change
+|1968
+|a term that highlights the insignificance of an amount of money; used especially against a miser or someone who makes the mistake of thinking money is more important than [[Christ]]
+|-
+|churchgoer
+|1687
+|a person who makes an effort, during the 168 hours in a week, to attend a church service
+|-
+|circle the wagons
+|1800s
+|regroup with family and friends, when under attack. usage from settlers in the old US west.
+|-
+|citizen's arrest
+|1941
+|private enforcement of the law without the need of a taxpayer-funded police officer
+|-
+|citogenesis
+|2011
+|the genesis of false factual assertions by circular citations originating from a fallacious source, such as [[Wikipedia]]; the term was first coined by Randall Munroe in his comic xkcd
+|-
+|civil defense
+|1939
+|civilians protecting themselves and their community against attack or natural disasters
+|-
+|claptrap
+|1799
+|pretentious, verbose, and often liberal nonsense; example usage: "the professor wasted the rest of the class on his [[liberal claptrap]]"
+|-
+|class act
+|1976
+|exemplify conservative principles with values, integrity and a work ethic
+|-
+|class warfare
+|1848
+|this concept was initially coined by [[Karl Marx]] in ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]'', but it has become so discredited that it is now used mostly by conservatives to point out liberal demagoguery
+|-
+|closed shop
+|1904
+|a business that requires membership in a union as a condition of working there; 22 conservative states prohibit this
+|-
+|clueless
+|1943
+|hopelessly ignorant about something important, as liberals often are
+|-
+|[[Coase theorem|Coasean]]
+|1980s
+|an efficient result or bargain based on market forces without the distortions caused by [[transaction costs]]
+|-
+|coattails
+|1848<ref>Speech in the House by [[Abraham Lincoln]] on July 27, 1848.</ref>
+|the lifting of a weaker political candidate by a stronger one who is on the same ballot, as in [[Pat Toomey]] winning reelection for the [[Senate]] based on [[Trump]]'s coattails in 2016; this term was popularized by a speech by [[Abraham Lincoln]] on the [[House]] floor
+|-
+|cogent
+|1659
+|compelling with the powerful force of reason, the opposite of [[liberal claptrap]]
+|-
+|cognizable
+|1662
+|capable of being known, or properly adjudicated in a court of law
+|-
+|cold turkey
+|1921
+|a slang term for doing something all at once, as in defeating an addiction by completely turning away from it, often by using power of the [[Bible]] and [[Christ]]
+|-
+|[[Cold War]]
+|1945
+|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
+|-
+|collectivism
+|1857
+|when decision-making by a group takes priority over the good ideas of an individual, often preventing progress
 |-
 |Columbian
 |1757
 |relating to Christopher Columbus ''or the United States''
+|-
+|commie
+|1930s
+|abbreviation for "communist" that captures their simple-minded totalitarianism
+|-
+|commie symp
+|1930s
+|pejorative term for "Communist sympathizer" or non-card-carrying member, such as "[[fellow traveller]]s" and members of the [[Popular Front]].
+|-
+|common sense
+|1726
+|sound judgment based on facts
 |-
 |competitive
 |1829
 |
+|-
+|[[Con Con]]
+|1980s
+|popularized by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] to highlight the deception and risks inherent in proposed national constitutional conventions
+|-
+|conniption
+|1833
+|hysteria or alarm, as in "having a conniption fit"; a typical response by [[liberals]] when confronted with their [[double standards]] and illogical positions
+|-
+|conservation of charge
+|1949
+|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
 |-
 |[[conservative]]
-|1831
+|1808<ref>"[T]his is one of those rare cases when the [Oxford English Dictionary] gets something wrong.  America, not Britain, deserves credit for inventing the word.  Jacob Wagner, a Massachusetts federalist, first used ''conservative'' in its modern political sense in a letter dated May 13, 1808."  David Lefer, ''The Founding Conservatives'', page 5 (2013).</ref>
-|
+|principles of limited government, personal responsibility, moral values, and productivity
 |-
-|copyright
+|[[conservative field]]
-|1735
+|1870s?
-|extending private property to protect expressive works
+|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>
+|-ly
+|[[consumer surplus]]
+|1890<ref>First coined by Cambridge University Professor Alfred Marshall in his acclaimed text, ''Principles of Economics'' (1890).</ref>
+|the extra benefit received by consumers above the price they paid for a good or service, illustrating the value of the [[free market]]; specifically, consumer surplus is the difference between what consumers would have paid for something, and the lower price they did pay.
 |-
 |constant
 |1832
 |(noun) something unchanging in value
+|-
+|constitutionality
+|1787
+|its date of origin is the year of the [[Constitutional Convention]] that proposed the [[U.S. Constitution]]
+|-
+|contrarian
+|1657
+|someone who advocates views contrary to that of others; this type of person frustrates [[liberal]] attempts to gain control
+|-
+|cooking the data
+|1830
+|[[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>
+|-
+|copacetic
+|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>
+|Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, tap dancer extraordinaire, claimed the invention of this word; it was first popularized by African Americans
+|-
+|cop-out
+|1942
+|taking the easy way out, usually by shirking one's responsibilities
+|-
+|copyright
+|1735
+|extending private property to protect expressive works
+|-
+|corporate socialism
+|1970s
+|the tendency of large corporations to act in a socialistic manner, at the expense of meritocracy and productivity
+|-
+|correlate
+|1742
+|(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
+|-
+|[[countability (Mathematics)|countability]]
+|1874
+|[[Georg Cantor]], loathed by the leading contemporary [[mathematicians]], developed this in proving that the real numbers are ''uncountable''
+|-
+|counterexample
+|1957
+|an example that is contrary to the proposition. A common point in logical, reasoned debate.
+|-
+|counterfactual
+|1946
+|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>
+|-
+|counterproductive
+|1959
+|interfering with a worthy goal.  Example usage: "nearly everything a liberal supports is counterproductive."
+|-
+|counter-reformation
+|1840
+|a movement in response to another movement, as in a counter-reformation to the [[homosexual agenda]]
+|-
+|cover-up
+|1927
+|concealment by government officials of the truth about a matter of public concern
+|-
+|crackpot
+|1884
+|crazy talk, lunacy, a person on the fringe of reality
+|-
+|[[creation science]]
+|1970s
+|a term coined by the [[Young-Earth creationism|young-Earth creationist]] [[Henry Morris]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801716.html</ref>
+|-
+|[[Credentialism]]
+|1967
+|the often-false belief that credentials make someone a better or more competent person
+|-
+|creativity
+|1875
+|an ability, unique to God and his likeness, to make something from nothing
+|-
+|cronyism
+|1952
+|the practice of appointing friends to important government or political positions, rather than the most ideologically aligned or competent; this was particularly a flaw in [[George W. Bush]]'s administration
+|-
+|cross-examination
+|1824
+|the most effective tool against [[liberal]] [[deceit]], better than even the requirement of an oath
+|-
+|crystal clear
+|1815
+|liberals are the opposite
 |-
 |[[culture war]]
@@ Line 72: / Line 695: @@
 |widespread use after the book ''Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America'' by James Davison Hunter
 |-
-|death tax
+|cyberbullying
+|2000s
+|a type of obnoxious and hurtful liberal behavior on the internet
+|-
+|[[dark money]]
+|2010
+|money that influences politics in secretive ways without traceability to its mega-donors, such as [[George Soros]]
+|-
+|[[DC Gulag]]
+|2021
+|coined by [[conservative]] Rep. [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] (R-GA) to describe the inhumane mistreatment of [[Trump]] supporters as political prisoners in the [[Washington, D.C.]] jail long after the 70-day limit for pre-trial detention under the [[Speedy Trial Act]] and [[Sixth Amendment]]
+|-
+|de minimis
+|1948
+|an inconsequential amount.  Sample usage: "Liberals typically spend at most de minimis time reading the Bible."
+|-
+|[[deadweight loss]]
+|1930s<ref>Confirmation of the first use is desired.</ref>
+|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
+|-
+|[[death panel]]
+|2009
+|a provision of [[Obamacare]] that will enable a panel of government bureaucrats to decide who receives medical treatment
+|-
+|[[death tax]]
 |1989
-|interesting, the term was coined by Canadians opposed to the high estate tax on their assets held in the United States
+|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>
+|-
+|debunk
+|1923
+|derived from "bunkum" (nonsense), a term that originated in 1845 based on a silly, tiresome speech made by Congressman Felix Walker on the floor of Congress in 1820 in which he said his real audience was his constituents in Buncombe County, NC
+|-
+|decentralization
+|1846
+|the dispersion of power, as in a shift from national to local control
+|-
+|decrypt
+|1935
+|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
+|-
+|[[deep state]]
+|2017
+|the entrenched bureaucracy in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] that opposes and undermines attempts by a [[conservative]] president to scale back government
+|-
+|de-bank
+|2021
+|when banks refuse banking services to customers based upon ideological views.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/28/joke-is-on-the-teller-greg-gutfeld-calls-out-snl-over-embarrassing-trump-de-bank-skit-1431804/</ref>
+|-
+|de-escalate
+|1964
+|strive to reduce the dangerous intensity of a physical encounter, as in police work
+|-
+|[[defeatism]]
+|1918
+|a negative attitude that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
+|-
+|defensive driving
+|1964
+|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
 |-
 |deflation
 |1891
 |an increase in the value of savings
+|-
+|defund
+|1948
+|refers especially to termination of government funding of a wasteful or hurtful program
+|-
+|deliberative assembly
+|1774<ref>''Introduction to Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised'' (19th Ed. 2000), xxv.</ref>
+|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
 |-
 |demagogue
 |1648
-|
+|the initial meaning of "demagogue" was positive, but preacher Robert South gave it a negative connotation in 1716 by observing that a "plausible, insignificant word, in the mouth of an expert demagogue, is a dangerous and a dreadful weapon."
+|-
+|demonic
+|1662
+|in its serious usage, "demonic" refers to actions that seem to be influenced by [[evil]] or by [[Satan]] himself, such as when someone acts out of character in a wrongful way, or when a group goes in a bad direction, or when random chance takes an unlikely bizarre turn; demonic also explains why some events or activities become more overbearing than they should
+|-
+|denaturalization
+|1858<ref>Jones v. McMasters, 61 U.S. (20 How.) 8 (1858).  An earlier use of 1800 is cited by Merriam-Webster but for a different, non-legal meaning.</ref>
+|taking away the citizenship of a naturalized citizen (a "[[natural born citizen]]" cannot be denaturalized).
 |-
 |[[deregulation]]
@@ Line 90: / Line 785: @@
 |design by committee
 |before 1958
-|Pejorative directed against collective production by a group
+|pejorative term directed against collective production by a group
+|-
+|despotism
+|1727
+|a ruler with unlimited powers
 |-
 |[[deterrence]]
 |1861
-|
+|Disincentive of committing a crime based on the amount of punishment
+|-
+|detransition
+|2004<ref>https://www.oed.com/dictionary/detransition_v?tl=true#:~:text=The%20earliest%20known%20use%20of,de%2D%20prefix%2C%20transition%20v.</ref>
+|to halt and reverse the [[liberal]] mistake of attempting to change one's gender
+|-
+|devalue
+|1918
+|describing an unwelcome attitude or act, as in "devaluing human life"
+|-
+|devil's advocate
+|1760
+|someone who espouses the position of the wrong side, in order to test, sharpen and strengthen the right side
+|-
+|devotee
+|1645
+|ardent follower, supporter, or loyalty to. 56 years separates devotee and devoted in etymology.
+|-
+|disinformation
+|1939
+|false information spread (and sometimes manufactured) by groups with a strong political agenda
+|-
+|distributed manufacturing
+|2010
+|a network of geographically dispersed manufacturing facilities
+|-
+|division of labor
+|1776
+|increasing productivity through specialization of labor, as in a husband working in manufacturing while his wife cares for children
+|-
+|dog and pony show
+|1970
+|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
+|-
+|[[domino effect]]
+|1966
+|how the fall of one nation to communism can result in its harmful spread to neighboring nations
 |-
 |double standard
 |1894
-|applying harsher criticism against one group, such as churchgoers, than against another group, such as atheists
+|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
+|-
+|doublethink
+|1949
+|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]]
+|-
+|doubting Thomas
+|1848
+|someone who believes only what he can see and touch, and doubts all else; named after the [[Apostle]] Thomas as described at [[John 15-21 (Translated)#20:24|John 20:24]]
+|-
+|[[drain the swamp]]
+|2016
+|popularized by [[Donald Trump]], it is an expression that President [[Ronald Reagan]] once used in 1983 to “drain the swamp” in reference to big government in D.C.
+|-
+|drifter
+|1897
+|someone whose residency wanders about aimlessly, failing to become a permanent, productive member of any community
+|-
+|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
+|{{Anchor|Dumpster diving}}
+Searching through dumpsters for food or other material that can be used rather than discarded; first known use: "Restaurant and store owners have complained about drunks panhandling during the day and 'dumpster diving' through trash at night."<ref>Phil Long, "Special Wing for Drunks Suggested at Future Jail," ''Miami Herald'' D1 (Nov. 24, 1982).</ref>  It is also a popular method used by watchdog groups; they rummage through the trash of organizations they consider to be corrupt, hoping to find evidence to use against them (televangelist Robert Tilton's ministry was brought down in such a manner; thousands of prayer requests -- with all the donations removed -- were found in the dumpster of his attorney).  The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''Kissinger v. New York Times'' ruled that when a person throws something in the trash, they forfeit any claims to property rights over the discarded items.
+|-
+|dumpster fire
+|2008
+|senseless chaos characteristic of [[liberal]] endeavors
+|-
+|duplicitous
+|1928
+|someone—particularly a liberal politician—who deceptively says one thing when he really intends to do something else
+|-
+|dystopia
+|1868
+|the dehumanizing opposite of "utopia"; dystopia was first coined by the [[Victorian]] philosopher, [[John Stuart Mill]] in the [[British]] [[House of Commons]]:  "It is, perhaps, too complimentary to call them Utopians, they ought rather to be called dys-topians, or caco-topians."
+|-
+|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>
+|-
+|earmark
+|2009
+|"A provision in congressional legislation that allocates a specified amount of money for a specific project, program or organization."<ref>Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (2009).</ref>
+|-
+|eat crow
+|1872<ref>After popular use, in 1885 the ''Magazine of American History'' wrote, "'To eat crow' means to recant, or to to humiliate oneself."</ref>
+|Liberal Republican [[Horace Greeley]] was described by critics as "boiled crow," which conjured up the meaning of humiliation associated with the term "eat crow."
+|-
+|echo chamber
+|1937
+|a figurative room with sound-reflecting walls, where people give opinions that influence no one and are heard only by other people who have their own opinions, such as cable news talk shows
+|-
+|economic rent
+|1889
+|revenue above the minimum amount to keep a good or service on the market, typically due to monopoly power; notice the date of origin was only one year prior to passage of the conservative [[Sherman Act]] in 1990
+|-
+|editorialize
+|1856
+|"to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts"<ref>Merriam-Webster (1994).</ref>
+|-
+|educrat
+|1968
+|a liberal education bureaucrat
 |-
 |[[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>
+|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
+|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>
-undenionstrated rule for the discovery of imaginary roots."<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/circular129johnuoft/circular129johnuoft_djvu.txt</ref>
 |-
 |[[elitism]]
 |1950
-|
+|an attitude or belief in one's superiority based solely on membership in a particular group or community, especially liberals
+|-
+|[[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]]
+|-
+|empty nest
+|1962
+|a family home after children have grown and left
+|-
+|endgame
+|1881
+|a term from the [[conservative]] game of [[chess]] which refers to the final part of a project or triumph
 |-
 |[[entitlement]]
 |1944
-|
+|a liberal welfare state's "reward" for refusing to work hard and succeed
+|-
+|[[entitlement]] mentality
+|1980s
+|a state of mind where people think they own things that are not theirs and which they did not work for
+|-
+|entrepreneur
+|1852
+|a brave person willing to take the necessary risks to establish a business, often found in the free market enterprise system
 |-
 |[[ethnic voting]]
@@ Line 125: / Line 957: @@
 |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
 |-
-|falsifiability
+|etiquette
-|1934
+|1740
-|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.
+|social standards of behavior that promote dignity and discourage inept communications (or lack thereof)
+|-
+|[[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"
+|-
+|existence proof
+|1950
+|overcoming denial that something is possible by referencing its existence
+|-
+|expatriate
+|1768
+|to give up one's own citizenship, or be banished by one's own nation
+|-
+|explain away
+|1704
+|a weaker form of [[liberal denial]], "explain away" the truth is the only way that some remain liberal as they grow older
+|-
+|expose
+|1803
+|(noun) a statement of the facts, typically to discredit wrongdoing by government
+|-
+|eyeball-to-eyeball
+|1962
+|"We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked" was a conservative statement by Secretary of State Dean Rusk during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].<ref>http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/annals.htm</ref>
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|fairy tale
+|1749
+|a fanciful fictional story.  Sample usage: "[[Evolution]] is a fairy tale for adults who don't want to read and accept the logic of the [[Bible]]."
+|-
+|faith healing
+|1885
+|
+|-
+|[[faithless elector]]
+|2016
+|an elector in the [[Electoral College]] who violates his pledge to support the candidate chosen by the voters in his state, and instead votes for someone else or abstains; the [[liberal media]] thereby referred to electors who might betray Trump
+|-
+|[[fake news]]
+|2017<ref>The term was used by [[liberals]] in late 2016, and had sporadic use going back even as early as the 1890s, but did not become common until 2017 when President Trump began using it.</ref>
+|Popularized by President [[Donald Trump]] in describing false smears by the [[liberal media]] against him and other [[conservatives]].
+|-
+|false flag
+|2015
+|deceptive tactic by [[ISIS]] and other insurgents to commit heinous acts but falsely make it look like the governing regime did it.  The origin of the name comes from a ship sailing under the false flag of its adversary until it got close enough to fire upon them.
 |-
 |[[family values]]
 |1916
-|widespread use after a speech by Vice President [[Dan Quayle]], 1992
+|a moral code that binds together and strengthens a typical family unit; 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, biological or figurative
+|-
+|faux conservative
+|1990<ref>First coined by ''The Economist'', in "[[New England]]'s governors; All change" (September 22, 1990), in reference to Lowell Weicker's "loss in 1988 to a Faux-conservative Democrat, Mr [[Joseph Lieberman]]."</ref>
+|
+|-
+|federal government
+|1787
+|used by [[Alexander Hamilton]] in the first phrase of the ''[[Federalist Papers]]'' to signify a government that is not fully sovereign, as the States are
+|-
+|[[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>
+|a method of stirring 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 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.
+|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.
+|-
+|[[fiscal cliff]]
+|2012
+|first coined by Federal Reserve Chairman [[Ben Bernanke]], it refers to the effect on the economy of a sharp drop in spending and perhaps an increase in taxes scheduled to take effect at approximately the same time.<ref>http://www.benjaminfedwards.com/blog/?p=197</ref>
+|-
+|fleebaggers
+|2011
+|a play on the word "teabaggers", a "fleebagger" is a Democrat state legislator who flees his or her state in order to block a [[quorum]] needed to pass [[conservative]] legislation, such as an [[election integrity]] bill in [[Texas]] in 2021.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/12/fleebaggers-a-history-of-democrats-running-away-to-deny-a-quorum/</ref>
+|-
+|[[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 majeure
+|1883
+|an intervening event beyond ordinary anticipation, such as an act of [[God]] or, in 2020, the [[coronavirus]] pandemic, which justifies nullifying a legal [[contract]]
+|-
+|force-feed
+|1901
+|to force someone to accept something, often against that person's will; what liberals do to students in [[public schools]] today in training them to be [[atheist]]ic socialists
+|-
+|[[Essay: Fornonormativity|fornonormativity]]
+|2016
+|A state of a society, organization, or group in which fornication and related behaviors are presupposed to be normal, morally good, and expected. In a fornonormative social milieu, people who abstain from or oppose certain behaviors are considered deviant or worse.
 |-
 |forward-looking
 |1800
 |planning for the future rather than dwelling on the past
+|-
+|Founding Fathers
+|1914
+|the several dozen [[Christian]]s<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>, not semi-secular deists, contrary to popular belief, who helped draft the formative documents of the United States
+|-
+|[[Frankenstein]]
+|1818
+|a misuse of science in creating a monster; a [[science fiction]] warning against [[scientism]].  Coined as the title of [[Mary Shelley]]'s popular novel, where the monster's creator was named "Frankenstein" per a dream she had.
 |-
 |[[free enterprise]]
@@ Line 145: / Line 1,105: @@
 |
 |-
-|free market
+|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
-|
+|an economy wherein anyone can run a business with limited government intervention, if not none at all
+|-
+|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
+|areas of the world free of communism, fascism, and other dystopian, oppressive liberal governments
 |-
-|globalism
+|freeloader
+|1934
+|someone who avoids paying or working to earn a 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]])
+|-
+|gamble
+|1726
+|to intentionally take a risk for the sake of the risk itself, often addictive and even [[demonic]] as in [[gambling]]
+|-
+|gang up
+|1925
+|group pressure
+|-
+|gateway drug
+|1982
+|a slang term describing an addictive substance that can lead to a more addictive substance, as in when 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
+|-
+|girlie men
+|1988
+|popularized by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] before he became [[California]]'s Republican governor, beginning when he campaigned for President [[George H.W. Bush]] by referring to his [[liberal]] opponents as "girlie men"
+|-
+|Giving Tuesday
+|2012
+|a day of charity during the [[Christmas]] season, in response to "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday"
+|-
+|[[globalism]]
 |1997
-|MW 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.
+|Merriam-Webster states it was first used in 1943<ref>https://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.
+|-
+|gobbledygook
+|1944
+|circular bureaucratic directives; term was coined by [[conservative]] [[Texas|Texan]] Congressman Maury Maverick
+|-
+|God-fearing
+|1835
+|Living by the rules of God; living in a way that is considered morally right.
+|-
+|godsend
+|1820
+|something so miraculous that there is no other explanation for it other than it being a blessing from God; can be used positively in both the literal and figurative sense
 |-
 |go-getter
 |1921
-|
+|someone who works hard with unwavering determination to achieve a goal
 |-
-|Good Samaritan
+|[[gold standard]]
+|1831
+|the highest standard.  With respect to 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 book
+|1860
+|the [[Bible]]
+|-
+|[[Good Samaritan]]
 |1640
-|how genuine charity is the best approach
+|a person who performs acts of voluntary charity, as did a Samaritan in one of [[Jesus]]'s [[parable]]s
+|-
+|goon
+|1926
+|a dim-witted thug, especially 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.
+|-
+|[[gradualism]]
+|1835
+|a form of [[liberal creep]]
+|-
+|grandmaster
+|1927
+|the elite [[chess]] ranking of excellence, based entirely on merit, which is 99% male to the dismay of [[feminist]]s
+|-
+|grandstand
+|1917
+|to act in an insincere or exaggerated manner in order to try to impress onlookers
 |-
 |[[grassroots]]
 |1901
 |
+|-
+|gravy train
+|1927
+|easy money for little or no work, in contrast with the work ethic; notice how the [[Great Depression]] hit two years later
+|-
+|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
+|A religious revival.  Christian Great Awakenings recur 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.
+|-
+|guardian angel
+|1631
+|a protector who guards someone from danger or evil; sometimes even a stranger unknown to the person protected.
+|-
+|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, authenticity, as in an official seal or distinguishing feature
+|-
+|handout
+|1882
+|describes charity and government giveaways
+|-
+|happy talk
+|1973
+|senseless banter among broadcasters in the [[lamestream media]], as a substitute for real news; more generally, happy talk is unjustifiably feel-good rhetoric that implicitly denies the real existence of [[Hell]].
+|-
+|hardworking
+|1774
+|the quality of working persistently to achieve something
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|hearsay journalism
+|2015
+|reliance on and repetition of falsehoods by anonymous sources, often from [[social media]], which are typically underachieving [[liberal]] [[troll]]s.
+|-
+|heartland
+|1904
+|the central portion of the [[United States]] known for its [[Midwest conservative|Midwestern conservative values]], [[Midwestern austerity]], unpretentious culture, and lack of control by the [[liberal media]] and [[Hollywood]].<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Midwest</ref>
+|-
+|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>
+|-
+|high maintenance
+|1980s<ref>The use of the term was picked up and repeated in a movie released in 1989, ''When Harry Met Sally'' (1989).</ref>
+|someone, often liberal, who repeatedly demands attention and unproductive help from others
+|-
+|hindsight
+|1866
+|understanding of an event or decision with the benefit of wisdom gained afterward
+|-
+|[[hippie]]
+|1965
+|a member of the original 1960s counterculture, which rejects traditional morality, encourages smoking [[marijuana]] and [[LSD]], promotes feminine hairstyles on men and masculine hairstyles on women, encourages limitless extramarital sex, and shuns hard work; 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."
+|-
+|hoax
+|1796
+|to deceive the public into believing something that is false, often to pull people away from the [[Christianity]] and the [[Bible]].
+|-
+|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 (in 1908, "hokum" originated, which means pretentious nonsense<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hokum</ref>)
+|-
+|Holy Week
+|1710
+|the week leading up to [[Easter]], including the [[Passion]], [[Crucifixion]] and [[Resurrection]]
+|-
+|[[home rule]]
+|1855<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/home-rule Dictionary.com estimates the first use as being at 1855-60]</ref>
+|self-government on an issue at a local level, as in curriculum in education being established by a school district rather than the state or federal government
+|-
+|[[homemaker]]
+|1876
+|a wife and mother whose efforts are wisely spent running the household for the family
 |-
 |[[homeschool]]
-|1980<ref>The OED assigns a date of origin of 1850 to "homeschool".</ref>
+|1980<ref>the OED assigns a date of origin of 1850 to "homeschool".</ref>
 |
+|-
+|hometown
+|1912
+|the place where someone grew up and typically obtained some benefit
+|-
+|[[homosexual agenda]]
+|1989
+|the sociopolitical ideology governing homosexuals; 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)''
+|-
+|honor system
+|1903
+|an approach to discipline that emphasizes and encourages trust, honesty and personal responsibility rather than constant supervision
+|-
+|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
+set forth in the [[Declaration of Independence]]
+|-
+|hypergamy
+|1883
+|the preference of many women to "marry up," which requires a society where men tend to make more than women do
+|-
+|hyphenated American
+|1889
+|an American citizen who identifies as another nationality before identifying as American; 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>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hysteria Meriam Webster Dictionary]</ref> (an old notion that hysteria was caused by the [[womb]]).
+|-
+|idealist
+|1829
+|a person guided by ideals
+|-
+|illiteracy
+|1660
+|a lack of reading comprehension or writing ability, which often results in lack of free will; liberals seek to produce illiterate voters who lack independence, and many graduates of the [[public schools]] are illiterate today
+|-
+|inalienable
+|1640s
+|describes something cannot be taken away, especially by government, as in "inalienable rights" in the [[Declaration of Independence]]
+|-
+|inattentive
+|1741<ref>Date of origin given by the Online Etymology Dictionary; Merriam-Webster cites an earlier date of origin, perhaps with a narrower meaning.</ref>
+|more than 150 years before the discovery in physics of the connection between attentiveness/observation and uncertainty/chaos, this conservative word cautioned against inattentiveness
+|-
+|incentivize
+|1970
+|to create a reward to encourage good work
+|-
+|incidental inequality
+|2009
+|inequalities that result as side effects of an objectively just system
+|-
+|incoherent
+|1626
+|not consistently making sense; 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
+|a system of logic or mathematics that includes propositions that are impossible to prove or disprove; term coined as a result of [[Kurt Gödel]]'s work in 1931
 |-
-|individualism
+|[[incrementalism]]
+|1966
+|imposing bad political or social change slowly
+|-
+|indecisive
+|1726
+|being unable to make a decision; can result from a lack of [[faith]] and determination
+|-
+|[[independence]]
+|1640
+|free will
+|-
+|[[individualism]]
 |1827
-|values, rights and duties arise from the individual
+|the idea that values, rights and duties arise from the individual
+|-
+|[[inerrancy]]
+|1834
+|free from error, as in "biblical inerrancy"
+|-
+|infinitesimal
+|1706
+|vanishingly small and approaching [[zero]], as in the [[faith]] of an [[atheist]]
 |-
 |inflationary
@@ Line 199: / Line 1,448: @@
 |initiative
 |1793
-|self-starting first step toward improvement
+|self-starting first step toward improvement, overcoming a tendency of complacent underachievement
+|-
+|inoculate
+|1721
+|to safeguard against future harm by developing immunity against it.  Sample usage: "Conservapedia inoculates against [[liberal claptrap]]."
+|-
+|insightful
+|1907
+|what conservatism is about: gaining insights into the truth, and bettering individuals and society with them
+|-
+|inside baseball
+|1978<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/19/magazine/on-language-inside-baseball.html (popularized in the 1970s, but a date of origin earlier in the 1900s is likely)</ref>
+|strategy and tactics known to the well-informed participants, but mysterious to most observers
+|-
+|intangible
+|1914
+|something valuable that cannot be seen or touched, such as goodwill
+|-
+|intellectual property
+|1845
+|denotes an intangible work that rightfully belongs to its creator, e.g. "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).
+|-
+|[[intelligent design]]
+|1991<ref>A few isolated references to this phrase, without its full current significance, can be found dating back to the mid-1800s</ref>
+|coined in ''Darwin on Trial'', a book by Philip Johnson, who is considered the father of the intelligent design movement and who co-founded the [[Discovery Institute]]'s Center for Science and Culture in 1996<ref>http://biologos.org/resources/johnson-phillip-e</ref>
 |-
 |interventionism
@@ Line 207: / Line 1,480: @@
 |invisible hand
 |1776
-|Coined by Adam Smith in the ''Wealth of Nations'' and widely used today, yet Merriam-Webster fails to recognize it!<ref>This term is absent from the 1994 print edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary</ref>
+|coined by Adam Smith in the ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'' and widely used today.
 |-
-|Iron curtain
+|[[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
+|coined by [[Winston Churchill]] in a speech in [[Missouri]] just after [[World War II]], to describe the communist's figurative wall against freedom
 |-
-|judicial activism
+|[[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
+|-
+|jabberwocky
+|1872
+|meaningless talk; coined by [[Lewis Carroll]], a [[conservative]] [[mathematician]], in his classic book "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"
+|-
+|[[Jekyll and Hyde]]
+|1886
+|established by the [[Greatest Conservative Novels|great conservative novel]] known today as ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'', and a [[metaphor]] for [[liberal]] politicians and [[troll]]s.
+|-
+|[[John Hancock]]
+|1903
+|a personal signature, especially in a bold style that stands up for principles as [[John Hancock]] did with his signing the United States [[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'',
+|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'',
 U.S. 218 (1967).</ref> yet as of 2009 [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary still fails to recognize this widely used term.
 |-
-|judicial supremacist
+|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>
+|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>
 |-
-|junk science
+|[[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 goals
+|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)
+|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)
+|-
+|Kafkaesque
+|1946
+|illogical, nightmare-like situations, which typically arise from [[Leftist]] control of a bureaucracy
+|-
+|killjoy
+|1776
+|one who spoils the pleasure of others.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killjoy Killjoy 1776 Mer-Web]</ref> ''Example''-Vandals seek to disrupt conservative wikis, an education project. They are a killjoy to the learning process.
+|-
+|kiss of death
+|1943
+|a kiss symbolizing the promise to kill someone, 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
@@ Line 234: / Line 1,567: @@
 |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).
 |-
-|laissez-faire
+|kudos
+|1831
+|praise for real achievement
+|-
+|kvetch
+|1952
+|to repeatedly complain, usually about unimportant, self-centered issues
+|-
+|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.
+|-
+|[[labor camp]]
+|1900
+|forced work prison
+|-
+|[[laissez-faire]]
 |1825
 |opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is minimally necessary
 |-
-|[[Essay:Liberal hysteria|hysteria]]
+|lame duck
-|1801
+|1761
-|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]]).
+|a public official whose current power is diminished because he will not be reelected, and thus lacks continuing authority
+|-
+|[[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.
+|-
+|lapdog
+|1950
+|Coined by Senator [[Joe McCarthy]] in the figurative sense as he attempted to remove [[communist]]s from the [[State Department]]:  "Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) renewed his Communists-in-Government charges today and called Senator Tydings (D-Md) the [[Truman]] administration's 'whimpering lap dog.'"<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/word/lapdog (quoting AP news story of Aug. 7, 1950)</ref>
+|-
+|[[lawfare]]
+|2017<ref>Its first use was in 1975, but in a very difference sense of describing more litigation in the Western than the Eastern part of the world.</ref>
+|misuse of the legal system, typically by [[liberal]]s, to seek political or financial gain while harming [[conservative]]s such as [[Trump]] and critics of [[election fraud]],<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-high-price-of-anti-trump-lawfare-eroding-public-trust-politicized-prosecutions-7bba71d8 The High Price of Democrats’ Anti-Trump Lawfare], By Daniel Henninger, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', March 13, 2024.</ref>
+|-
+|leadership
+|1821
+|an ability and willingness to lead, often by example
+|-
+|learning curve
+|1922
+|initial, extra time and effort that is typically necessary before someone becomes productive
+|-
+|[[Left Coast]]
+|1990s
+|a more descriptive term for the West Coast of the United States
+|-
+|leftism
+|1920
+|principles and doctrine of leftists
+|-
+|level-headed
+|1876
+|"balanced", "having common sense and sound judgment"
+|-
+|[[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
+|-
+|lifelong
+|1855
+|something, usually a commitment, that lasts a lifetime, as in "a lifelong commitment to [[Christ]]"
+|-
+|[[limousine liberal]]
+|1969
+|a multi-millionaire who pretends to be compassionate about the poor, but supports liberal policies that increase burdens on working Americans
+|-
+|litmus test
+|1952
+|use of a single political issue to determine if a candidate or nominee is acceptable
 |-
 |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>[https://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
+|-
+|low-information voter
+|2007
+|a term that explains why people vote for Democrats
+|-
+|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>
+|-
+|Lysenkoism
+|1933
+|"used metaphorically to describe the manipulation or distortion of the scientific process as a way to reach a predetermined conclusion as dictated by an ideological bias, most often related to political objectives,"<ref>https://politicsandinsights.org/tag/adam-smith-institute/</ref> as [[Stalin]] did to justifying starving tens of millions in 1932 by withholding grain from Ukrainian farmers
+|-
+|machismo
+|1948
+|a slang word for masculine charm, never used favorably by feminists
+|-
+|magnum opus
+|1791
+|the greatest work by an author, as in [[Adam Smith]]'s ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'' published 15 years before this term was coined.
+|-
+|Main Street
+|1743
+|one of the many small towns in America, and their conservative values
+|-
+|mainstay
+|1787
+|the primary support, typically for something good
+|-
+|make-work
+|1923
+|inefficient or useless activity that has the false appearance of being productive; a favorite endeavor of liberals. [[Jesus]] criticized make-work at {{bibleref|Luke|10|41-42}}
+|-
+|mama's boy
+|1850
+|an effeminate male due to an overbearing mother
+|-
+|manhunt
+|1846
+|notice how sexist the term is, and yet [[liberals]] have not been able to convert it to "personhunt"
+|-
+|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>
+|-
+|man-to-man
+|1902
+|a style of candor and honesty when men in [[good faith]] deal with each other and see a resolution beneficial to all
+|-
+|[[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]</ref>
+|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
+|-
+|[[Mardi Gras]]
+|1699
+|The annual celebration on the eve of [[Ash Wednesday]] and [[Lent]], particularly in the historically [[Catholic]] city of [[New Orleans]].
+|-
+|marriage redefinition
+|2003
+|descriptive term used to criticize the legalizing of same-sex marriage in [[Canada]].
+|-
+|mask police
+|2020
+|busybodies, typically [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trumpers]], who demand that others wear a mask during the [[COVID-19]] pandemic despite unproven benefits of masks
+|-
+|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 military honor for bravery on the battlefield
+|-
+|[[media bullying]]
+|2008<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Media_bullying&oldid=430831 (Apr. 14, 2008)</ref>
+|first coined by ''Conservapedia'', media bullying is aggressive bias by the media in the attempt to influence a politician or others, typically toward a [[liberal]] goal
+|-
+|melting pot
+|1912
+|a nation that requires "social and cultural assimilation" of immigrants for successful immigration<ref>Merriam-Webster dictionary (1994)</ref>
+|-
+|[[memory hole]]
+|1949
+|a term created by [[George Orwell]] in his classic novel, ''[[1984]]'', to describe the [[censorship|censoring]] of something historical for political reasons
+|-
+|[[mercantilism]]
+|1776
+|a term popularized by [[Adam Smith]] in his ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]'' (as "mercantile"<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3300/3300-h/3300-h.htm</ref>), although he was critical of its emphasis on the accumulation of precious metals such as [[gold]] and the use of tariffs to build national wealth; this term is [[conservative]] in favoring [[nationalism]] and population growth
+|-
+|[[meritocracy]]
+|1958
+|a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement
 |-
 |[[microeconomics]]
@@ Line 250: / Line 1,775: @@
 |the study of the economics of the individual person or business
 |-
-|[[meritocracy]]
+|micromanage
-|1958
+|1985
-|
+|insistence on controlling details, typically by liberals to [[censorship|censor]] progress; [[Ronald Reagan]] was critical of this style by [[Democrat]] Presidents
+|-
+|Midwest conservative
+|2006
+|used initially to describe right-leaning politicians from the Midwest including [[Gerald Ford]] when he passed away, the term captures the mixture of common sense, intellectualism, and [[faith]] that leads the conservative movement from the heartland.
+|-
+|mind control
+|1944
+|a pejorative term for how an atheistic government influences what people believe, especially through public education
+|-
+|mindset
+|1909
+|close-minded point-of-view, typically in adherence to a liberal falsehood and often to the exclusion of Christ
 |-
 |missile defense
@@ Line 258: / Line 1,795: @@
 |popularized by President Ronald Reagan as part of [[SDI]]
 |-
+|mission creep
+|1991
+|the liberal tendency to incrementally broaden the original goals of an organization or mission; used by Tucker Carlson to describe the defect in the investigation by Robert Mueller of the Trump Administration in 2017
+|-
+|missionary
+|1625
+|someone sent on a mission, typically a religious mission
+|-
+|mob justice
+|2021
+|used by multiple critics of the demands and pressure by [[liberals]] for a murder conviction in the [[Derek Chauvin]] trial, despite a lack of evidence for any intent to kill or a wrongful cause of death
+|-
 |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.
+|-
+|moxie
+|1930
+|determined enthusiasm, initially coined as a trademark for a popular soft drink sold at baseball games and elsewhere
+|-
+|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>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muckraker Merriam-Webster - Muckraker]</ref>
 |-
 |Murphy's Law
 |1958
-|if something can go wrong, then it will go wrong: that was a conservative insight by an engineer Edward Murphy
+|if something can go wrong, then it will go wrong: this was a conservative insight by engineer Edward Murphy
+|-
+|muscle car
+|1967
+|placing a powerful engine in a classic two-door car for highly efficient performance; the result celebrates masculine style against erosion by feminism
 |-
 |myopic
-|1752
+|1990s
-|originally a term in optometry, 1990's used to describe liberals lack of foresight
+|originally a term in optometry (1752), 1990's used to describe liberals' lack of foresight
+|-
+|namby-pamby
+|1745<ref>In 1726, poet Henry Carey first coined this term to ridicule rival poet Ambrose Philips, whose verses were unsophisticated.  The modern meaning of the term developed a bit later.</ref>
+|weak, indecisive, and, when describing a male group, also effeminate
+|-
+|name-dropping
+|1950
+|a term critical of the [[liberal]] practice of seeking to impress others by casually mentioning personal association with prominent people regardless of relevance to the conversation
+|-
+|nanny state
+|1978
+|<span id="nanny state"></span id>"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!
+|-
+|national conservatism
+|1976
+|a concept that applies more to the [[conservative]] movements in [[Europe]], but also in the [[United States]] with respect first to [[Barry Goldwater]]'s senate reelections campaigns and ultimately to President [[Donald Trump]]
 |-
 |negativism
@@ Line 276: / Line 1,869: @@
 |newspeak
 |1949
-|political or media expressions using circumlocution and euphemisms to disguise or distract from the truth; first coined by [[George Orwell]] in ''[[1984]]''
+|political or media expressions using [[circumlocution]] and [[euphemism]]s to disguise or distract from the truth; first coined by [[George Orwell]] in ''[[1984]]''
+|-
+|neopopulism
+|2012
+|a form of populism that is [[conservative]], as articulated by the book ''Neopopulism as Counterculture''.<ref>By Thomas Dahlberg and Erick Kaardal (Vision Series: 2012).</ref>  In a somewhat different way, the populism-based election of [[Donald Trump]] was also a conservative neopopulism.
+|-
+|Never-Trumper
+|2015
+|emotional, nearly deranged opponents of [[Donald Trump]], such as [[Liz Cheney]] and [[Mitt Romney]]
+|-
+|noel
+|1811
+|a Christmas carol or, when capitalized, Christmas itself
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|nonstarter
+|1902
+|an idea—typically a [[liberal]] one—that has no possibility of being productive
+|-
+|nonstarter
+|1902
+|an idea—typically a [[liberal]] one—that has no possibility of being productive
+|-
+|nothingburger
+|1953<ref>First attributed use is by [[Hollywood]] gossip columnist Louella Parsons, who used the term to disparage minor celebrities.</ref>
+|A useful term in deflating persons or theories, as in [[Leftist]] conspiracy theories and politicians.
+|-
+|nuclear family
+|1920s
+|a family consisting of a ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''-style upbringing of children with one mother and father only.
+|-
+|nullification
+|1798
+|assertion of authority by a State against encroachment by the federal government, in defense of liberty
+|-
+|obstructionism
+|1879
+|deliberate interference with free speech or legislative progress, as when liberal legislators (the "fleebaggers") fled Wisconsin to try to block a reform
+|-
+|October surprise
+|1980
+|a scheme by [[Dem]]s to cause surprise headlines in the [[liberal media]] to influence an upcoming election, as first predicted by [[conservative]] [[Bill Casey]]<ref>William Safire, in ''Safire's Political Dictionary'' (p. 487), attributes this phrase to Casey in a personal discussion with the columnist Safire in 1980.</ref> and as later done by Dems to [[GOP]] candidates [[George W. Bush]] in 2000 and to [[Donald Trump]] in 2016
+|-
+|off the grid
+|1978
+|self-sufficiency independent of public utilities for electricity and municipalities for water
+|-
+|officialdom
+|1863
+|people who are "officials" in government; the term is used today in a pejorative manner to criticize them.
+|-
+|Old Glory
+|1862
+|a poetic name for the ''United States of America'' flag, as is 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]]
+|-
+|opportunistic bioterrorism
+|2020
+|Concealment of the emergence of a biological agent, pathogen or a disease by acts of commission or omission with the knowledge that such an act will harm or kill humans, animals, or plants with the intent to intimidate or coerce a government or civilian population to further political or social objectives or by using a situation to get power or an advantage.<ref>http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/covid-19-the-chinese-military-and-maj-gen-chen-wei/</ref>
 |-
 |[[opportunity cost]]
 |1911
 |
-|-
-|originalism
-|1985
-|taken from original intent, The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
 |-
 |optimism
 |1759
 |
+|-
+|ordered pair
+|1870s
+|developed by the [[Christian]] [[Georg Cantor]], this [[conservative]] concept was part of the [[set theory]] that he invented and revolutionized mathematics with, despite opposition by the establishment
+|-
+|organic food
+|1950s
+|a grassroots conservative response, led by mom-and-pop consumers and pharmacies, against government-approved pesticides and mandatory fluoridation
+|-
+|originalism
+|1985
+|taken from the concept of "original intent." The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
+|-
+|originality
+|1742
+|[[Liberals]] not only lack originality, but (like Justice [[Hugo Black]]) are often hostile to its possibility.
+|-
+|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]]
+|-
+|overthink
+|1987<ref>started its sharp increase in usage in this year</ref>
+|to think so much about a problem or issue as to miss more advantageous, simpler approaches.  Sample usage: [[Donald Trump]]'s successful style illustrated that his rivals were overthinking politics.
+|-
+|pack heat
+|1940s
+|carry a concealed firearm, allowed by permit in nearly every state, yet liberal bias has made dictionaries slow to recognize this term
+|-
+|Pagan Rome
+|???
+|a blunt reference, used mostly by [[Seventh-day Adventist]] Christians, to summarize the pagan depravity of the [[Roman Empire]]
 |-
 |parenting
 |1958
-|Children raising
+|children raising
 |-
+|Parkinson's Law
+|1955
+|how bureaucracies expand regardless of productivity, and how inefficient work expands to fill the time available for its completion
+|-
+|parochial school
+|1755
+|a donation-supported, religious alternative to the mistake of [[public schools]]
+|-
+|[[Parthian shot]]
+|1832
+|a negative term for the tactic of expressing criticism while one exits, just as the ancient Parthians would shoot arrows while retreating in battle.  This tactic is common among those who reject [[conservative]] truths, as seen when left-leaning editors leave ''Conservapedia''.
+|-
+|[[partial-birth abortion]]
+|1995<ref>Used by congressman Charles Canady to name the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act" to prohibit the horrific procedure.</ref>
+|a hideous "dilation and extraction" [[abortion]] late in pregnancy that dismembers the child and punctures his head
+|-
+|passive-aggressive
+|1946
+|aggressively obstinate by failing to act, as [[liberals]] are in refusing to read the [[Bible]] with an open mind
+|-
+|[[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
-|
+|the concept of being willing to serve one's nation under any circumstances, especially when defending it against outside opponents
+|-
+|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).
+|-
+|pejorative
+|1882
+|a word that has negative connotations in describing something, which the [[liberal media]] use while pretending that the term is neutral, such as "nativism" or "isolationism"
+|-
+|Pelosi pawn
+|2021
+|The term described [[RINO]] [[Liz Cheney]] as she became a toady for the [[Leftist]] agenda in supporting continued investigation and even imprisonment of ordinary [[American]]s for entering the [[United States Capitol]] on January 6th.
+|-
+|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]]
+|-
+|[[photo bias]]
+|1992<ref>A letter to the editor by a reader of the [[liberal]] ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' observed, "This is the third time in recent weeks that a weird or disfigured picture of Mr. Quayle has appeared in your Sunday paper."</ref>
+|a common trick of the [[liberal media]] to push the reader to the political left on an issue, as in displaying a man without teeth as an opponent of a liberal bill or candidate.
+|-
+|Pickwickian
+|1836
+|a simple and generous quality, usually a person in the mold of Samuel Pickwick, a character in [[Charles Dickens]]' ''Pickwick Papers''
+|-
+|[[pie in the sky]]
+|1911
+|an unrealistic claim of value about a future [[materialism|materialistic]] benefit
+|-
+|piece of cake
+|1936
+|Sample usage: with church and the [[Bible]], life can be a piece of cake, but without [[Christ]] it can be very difficult
+|-
+|plandemic
+|2020
+|politically motivated hysteria over a pandemic, in order to advance [[Leftist]] goals such as mail-in voting and increased government control through vaccine mandates and passports, and mandatory masking of schoolchildren
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|play in Peoria
+|1969
+|a saying in defiance of the [[liberal media]]-dominated culture on the coasts, first used in this way by President [[Richard Nixon]]'s aide [[John D. Ehrlichman]] in response to the press: "Don't worry, it'll play in Peoria."<ref>Scheetz, George H. "Peoria." In Place Names in the Midwestern United States. Edited by Edward Callary. (Studies in Onomastics; 1.) Mellen Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7734-7723-3</ref>
+|-
+|[[poetic justice]]
+|1890
+|when virtue is rewarded and/or wrongdoing is punished in an indirect or unexpected way
+|-
+|point of order
+|1745<ref>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/point+of+order Free dictionary gives a range of 1745-1755 for first usage]</ref>
+|an objection to how a proceeding or discussion is being conducted, typically in opposition to [[liberal style]] and bias
+|-
+|[[political capital]]
+|2004
+|popularized by President [[George W. Bush]] after he won reelection and declared that he would "spend" the political capital by implementing his agenda
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|political prisoner
+|1864<ref>Apparently coined as part of a history of the [[Civil War]].</ref>
+|someone imprisoned for his political beliefs.  Sample usage: Foreign leaders have objected to how political prisoners are being held in jail in [[D.C.]] in 2021 for many months without a trial, for their peaceful support of President [[Trump]].
+|-
 |[[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.
+|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 J. Wilson, comments in U.S. Republic, 1793: "The states, rather than the people, for whose sake the states exist, are frequently the objects which attract and arrest our principal attention... 'The United States', instead of the 'People of the United States', is the toast given. This is not politically correct." [https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/161941/how-has-the-meaning-of-politically-correct-changed]</ref>
+|-
+|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.
+|-
+|poll watcher
+|1890s
+|a volunteer who monitors traffic and identification verification at a polling booth in order to protect election integrity
+|-
+|Pollyanna
+|1913
+|a very optimistic, cheerful, and exuberant person who lights up the world around her; the main character in the best-selling children's book by that name written by Eleanor H. Porter (published in 1913)
+|-
+|poppycock
+|1865
+|assertions that are nonsense, as much of [[liberal]] talk is
+|-
+|portability
+|1965
+|the degree to which something—particularly software—may be easily moved with minimal expense from one technology platform to another; parables are effective because of their portability among languages
+|-
+|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>
+|-
+|Potemkin village
+|1935
+|a phony facade designed to distract the public from a disgraceful condition, typically used to describe deception by a government against the people
 |-
 |potential
 |1817<ref>Usage here refers to "promise", not "possibility".</ref>
 |
+|-
+|pothead
+|1959
+|someone who smokes marijuana and doesn't realize its long-term negative psychological effects
+|-
+|potty-mouthed
+|1987<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potty-mouthed</ref>
+|a tendency by someone to use vulgarities while commenting
+|-
+|powerhouse
+|1881
+|source of energy and strength - which is what the conservative movement is
+|-
+|[[price discrimination]]
+|1920
+|charging different prices for exactly the same service or good; first coined by the British economist (and critic of [[John Maynard Keynes]]) Arthur Cecil Pigou in ''The Economics of Welfare''.
+|-
+|[[price fixing]]
+|1920
+|the setting of prices in interference of the [[free market]]; it is illegal for private companies to do this, but the government itself sometimes does it
+|-
+|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
-|
+|describes one who supports women going through with having children rather than killing them in the womb
+|-
+|pronoun police
+|2015
+|a pejorative term popularized by ''Breitbart.com''<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2015/04/28/bruce-jenner-and-the-pronoun-police/</ref>
 |-
 |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
+|-
+|public charge
+|1880
+|an official term used by the government to describe someone who depends on payments from the government
+|-
+|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.
+|-
+|puff piece
+|1980s
+|a biased story by the [[lamestream media]] to promote someone who shares their [[Leftist]] views
+|-
+|punctual
+|1675
+|consistently showing up on time, rather than a disrespectful tardiness
+|-
+|quantify
+|1840
+|
+|-
+|quisling
+|1940
+|a traitor who collaborates with the enemy, from the name of Vidkun Quisling, the Norway army officer who urged [[Adolf Hitler]] to invade Norway whereupon Quisling declared himself the ruler and later became its "minister president" until it was liberated.
 |-
 |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.
+|-
+|reasonable doubt
+|1770
+|a Christian concept for the benefit of the souls of jurors, not the accused; first used in English by [[John Adams]] (before that, in [[canon law]]) in addressing the jury during his defense of the Boston Massacre perpetrators:  "Where you are doubtful never act: that is, if you doubt of the  prisoner's guilt, never declare him guilty; that is always the rule, especially in cases of life."<ref>http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=fss_papers</ref>
+|-
+|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 diaper baby
+|1960s<ref>https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/60/messages/606.html</ref>
+|child of [[American]] [[communist]]s (typically born between 1940 and 1970), some of whom (such as [[David Horowitz]]) later converted to the side of liberty and [[conservative|conservatism]].
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|resourceful
+|1808
+|first used at the [[Aaron Burr]] trial with a negative connotation, but it acquired today's positive connotation by 1847.
 |-
 |[[responsibility]]
 |1737
-|1787 HAMILTON Federalist No. 63 II. 193 Responsibility in order to be reasonable must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party.
+|the state of having a duty to do something, or being accountable or blamable for something; 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.
+|-
+|rethink
+|1700<ref>Date of origin given by the 10th Edition of the ''Merriam-Webster'' dictionary; its online dictionary has an earlier date.</ref>
+|to reconsider, a sign of [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindedness]]
 |-
 |reverse discrimination
 |1969
-|the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better qualified person
+|the use of quotas or affirmative action to use race or gender to discriminate against a better-qualified person
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|right-of-way
+|1768
+|a right to pass through, other rights notwithstanding
+|-
+|[[RINO]]
+|1992
+|First known use in print: "[[Bill Clinton]] would have been proud .... The [[Republican]]s were moving out and the [[Democrat]]s and 'RINOs' (Republicans In Name Only) were moving in."<ref>John DiStaso in the [[conservative]] ''New Hampshire Union Leader'', in December 1992 shortly after Clinton's election.</ref>
+|-
+|[[RINO Backer]]
+|2012
+|a more important term than "RINO", because what matters most is whether someone will stand up for a [[conservative]] position and candidate when the [[liberal media]] demand that everyone flock to the liberal side.
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|risk averse
+|1970s<ref>Its first use in a published law review article or court decision was in ''Joint Committees as an Alternative Form of Arbitration Under the NLRA'', 47 Tul. L. Rev. 325 (Feb. 1973).</ref>
+|the antidote to [[gambling]], being risk averse attains the immense benefits that result from minimizing [[uncertainty]]
+|-
+|Rock of Gibraltar
+|1776
+|unwavering strength amid adversity
+|-
+|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 neighboring countries and support terrorism. Rogue states often reject human values and brutalize their own people.
+|-
+|role model
+|1957
+|someone, such as a parent, teacher, athlete, statesman, or any walk of life, who inspires others by their everyday conduct
+|-
+|rope-a-dope
+|1974<ref>Coined by [[Muhammad Ali]] immediately after he won a stunning upset in his famous boxing match, "The Rumble in the Jungle," on October 30, 1974. [https://hotidioms.com/2016/08/09/rope-a-dope/ Hot Idioms]</ref>
+|a strategy, first coined in boxing by the victorious [[Muhammad Ali]] of initially remaining passive and deflecting attacks while an adversary tires himself out or demonstrates his lack of effectiveness; some similarity with the [[New Testament]] advice to "turn the other cheek."
+|-
+|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."
+|-
+|rugged
+|1897<ref>http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rugged</ref>
+|sample usage: "rugged individualism," which describes the American character
+|-
+|running start
+|1926
+|taking initiative earlier than required, in order to achieve more
+|-
+|run of the mill
+|1930
+|meaning "merely average, commonplace," the term is critical of a failure to strive for excellence
+|-
+|Ruthian
+|1920s<ref>First used by ''The New York Tribune''. [https://www.lexico.com/definition/ruthian]</ref>
+|a spectacular performance in sports, like a mammoth home run by [[Babe Ruth]]
+|-
+|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]]
+|-
+|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>
+|-
+|scam
+|1963
+|a deceptive scheme, which is what most liberal theories are.  Interestingly, the origin of the term "scam" is unknown, but its timing near the beginning of the 1960s is telling.
+|-
+|[[scapegoat]]ing
+|1943
+|a term criticizing how people, particularly liberals, deflect accountability and blame from themselves to others; inspired by Leviticus 16:8.
 |-
 |school choice
 |1980
-|popularized by Milton Friedman in his book, ''Free to Choose''
+|popularized by [[Milton Friedman]] in his book, ''Free to Choose''
+|-
+|school of hard knocks
+|1912<ref>coined by George Ade, a popular Midwestern columnist and author, in his book "Knocking the Neighbors": [https://archive.org/stream/knockingofneigh00abegrich/knockingofneigh00abegrich_djvu.txt]</ref>
+|education by difficult, painful experiences
+|-
+|[[scientific fascism]]
+|2009
+|a coordinated effort by a group of scientists to enforce a certain point of view upon others.
+|-
+|scofflaw
+|1924
+|a word invented by the [[best of the public]] as part of a contest to describe people who are contemptuous of laws and repeatedly violate them
+|-
+|scrooge
+|1843<ref>Popularized as a general term in 1899.</ref>
+|a miserly person, the surname of the main character in [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.
+|-
+|scrutinize
+|1671
+|its original meaning was to examine votes, and thus prevent [[liberal]] attempts at voter fraud
+|-
+|[[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
-|
+|The ability to protect oneself against violent assault; weapons, including firearms, may be used for self-defense
+|-
+|self-destruct
+|1968
+|often the tragic result of liberal falsehoods
 |-
 |[[Discipline|self-discipline]]
@@ Line 358: / Line 2,419: @@
 |
 |-
-|self-indulgence
+|self-preservation
-|1753
+|1614
-|
+|preservation of oneself from destruction or harm
 |-
 |self-reliant
@@ Line 366: / Line 2,427: @@
 |
 |-
-|slippery slope
+|sheeple
+|2017<ref>Officially recognized by [[Merriam-Webster]] in 2017 with its broad ideological meaning; earliest isolated use was in 1945 to refer to mindlessly following the government. [https://mashable.com/article/sheeple-word-merriam-webster]</ref>
+|mindlessly doing as told politically or by [[peer pressure]], as used by Dr. [[Ben Carson]] in 2022 to describe physicians who are complicit in [[transgender]] medical operations.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/ben-carson-adamantly-refuse-child-sex-changes-hippocratic-oath</ref>
+|-
+|shortsighted
+|1649
+|focusing too much on the near-term future, at the expense of the long-term future
+|-
+|separation of powers
+|1748
+|the fundamental principle of the [[U.S. Constitution]], separation of powers originated from "The Spirit of the Laws" by the French political philosopher [[Montesquieu]].<ref>http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/separation-of-powers.aspx</ref>  Separation of powers establishes checks and balances as a safeguard against the concentration of power.
+|-
+|shotgun marriage
+|1929
+|pregnancy => get married.  Think of someone besides yourself for a change.
+|-
+|[[show trial]]
+|1937
+|trials, especially in [[communist]] countries, which have preordained outcomes but are used for propaganda purposes
+|-
+|sidewalk counseling
+|1975
+|the practice of volunteers exercising their right of [[free speech]] to advise women against [[abortion]] as they walk on sidewalks toward abortion clinics; liberals have passed laws to restrict and [[censorship|censor]] this
+|-
+|[[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> refers to the largely conservative population in America silenced by liberal media
+|-
+|silver lining
+|1871
+|a benefit that is not obvious to see, particularly amid a disappointment
+|-
+|skullduggery
+|1867
+|underhanded or unscrupulous behavior
+|-
+|silent majority
+|1955<ref>first use was [[British]] but the term was popularized by the Nixon Administration in response to protests against the [[Vietnam War]]</ref>
+|a poetic term for those conservative Americans silenced by liberal media despite being greater in numbers; the term is a reminder not to give a heckler, a protester, or a vocal minority more deference than they deserve when the silent majority properly opposes their views
+|-
+|[[slippery slope]]
 |1900s
 |term has been widely used for decades to expose the fallacy of "it doesn't hurt to try"
 |-
-|spend-and-tax
+|small beer
-|2009<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/02/morning-bell-the-obama-tax-and-spend-economy-is-here/</ref>
+|1836
-|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
+|coined by [[Davy Crockett]] to signify someone or something having little significance, despite hype typically by [[liberal]]s
 |-
-|straw man
+|small talk
-|1896
+|1745
-|an imaginary argument or example set up for the purpose of easily knocking down, while distracting from valid arguments
+|inconsequential, shallow conversation that is usually a waste of time
 |-
-|tax-and-spend
+|[[small town values]]
-|1937
+|1984
-|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
+|term was first used by [[Democrat]] [[John Glenn]] in his failed presidential run in 1984, in a futile effort to appear more conservative than [[Ronald Reagan]]
 |-
-|terrorism
+|smoke and mirrors
-|1795
+|1979
-|this was during the French Revolution
+|something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue.<ref>[https://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.
 |-
-|[[term limits]]
+|smoke-filled room
-|1861
+|1920
-|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>
+|a pejorative term describing how a few political insiders sometimes pick a candidate or make a decision in a secret room (in the old days, filled with cigar smoke)
 |-
-|trademark
+|smoking gun
-|1838
+|1974
-|extends the concept of private property to the marks used by business
+|a law-and-order term, "smoking gun" was first used as a figurative term in a reported judicial decision in ''Rodgers v. United States Steel Corp.'', 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12775 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 20, 1975), and many literal uses of the term in court decisions before that!
 |-
-|[[transaction cost]]
+|soapbox
-|1961
+|1907
-|Economist [[Ronald Coase]] won a [[Nobel Prize]] for this.
+|staging for a typically liberal, unproductive rant having little substance
 |-
-|traditionalist
+|soccer mom
-|1856
+|1987
-|"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>
+|a mother who devotes herself to her children's activities; this is a significant voting bloc or demographic group
 |-
-|tree huggers
+|social engineering
-|1970s
+|1925
-|still not recognized by the dictionary, this term criticizes extreme environmentalists, but they proudly use the term also to describe what they literally do
+|an increasingly pejorative term for liberal attempts to create a "nanny state"
 |-
-|trust but verify
+|[[socialist]]
-|1980s
+|1827
-|popularized by President Ronald Reagan as the approach to use towards communist [[deceit]]
+|someone who advocates government control over the economy, and particularly state control of the means of production
 |-
-|vandalism
+|social justice rhetoric
-|1798
+|2009
-|malicious destruction of someone else's property
+|language and rhetorical ploys equating equality of outcome with justice
 |-
-|veracity
+|sophomoric
-|1623
+|1813
-|devotion to truthfulness
+|pretending to know much, when in fact the person knows little and is even immature
 |-
-|victimization
+|soul-searching
-|1840
+|1924
-|
+|personal reflection about one's own values and morality
 |-
-|wannabee
+|soup kitchen
-|1981
+|1839
-|a word that criticizes liberal [[status worship]]
+|providing soup and other food to the poor based on charitable contributions, often through churches
 |-
-|War on Terror
+|sour grapes
-|2001
+|1760
-|no listing at Merriam-Webster, Encyclopedia.com has an anti-American version <ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-waronterrorism.html war on terrorism] Encyclopedia.com</ref> 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>
+|disparagement of something by someone who failed to attain it, rather than admitting his own faults
 |-
-|work ethic
+|[[Tax-and-spend|spend-and-tax]]
-|1951
+|2009<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/02/morning-bell-the-obama-tax-and-spend-economy-is-here/</ref>
-|a habit of working as a moral good
+|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
 |-
-|worldview
+|spin doctor
-|1858
+|1984
-|a comprehensive way of looking at life and the world; sometimes used to criticize a liberal's irrational belief system
+|someone ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/asia/22policy.html?_r=2 General Petraeus describes Axelrod by Bob Woodward]</ref>
 |-
-|}
+|sportsmanship
+|1745
-== Rate of Generation of Conservative Terms ==
+|displaying [[chivalry]] in victory or defeat, and recognizing that moral values matter more than a win or a loss
-The rate of generation of conservative terms is increasing at a remarkable geometric rate of growth, by doubling each century:
-{| class="wikitable"
 |-
-!Century
+|spot-on
-!# New Conservative Terms
+|1949
+|precisely correct, as in a prediction or in overcoming imprecision in a challenging task; its origin is from the military
 |-
-|1600s
+|squirrelly
-|7
+|1928
+|like a squirrel; jumpy and unpredictable; as in liberals get squirrelly when confronted with facts.
 |-
-|1700s
+|squish
-|14
+|1981
+|someone who pretends to be conservative when it is popular, but then caves into [[liberals]] as soon as they start to criticize him
 |-
-|1800s
+|[[stagflation]]
-|27
+|1965
+|inflation ''and'' high [[unemployment]] ''and'' stagnant demand by consumers, typically due to [[liberal]] policies as in the late 1970s under President [[Jimmy Carter]]
 |-
-|1900s
+|stalemate
-|54
+|1765
+|the fifth entry on this list from the conservative game of [[chess]], a stalemate is when an opponent has no move other than into check, and thus the game ends in a draw
 |-
-|2000s
+|stalking horse
-|3 (preliminary)
+|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
-== Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary ==
+|advocates for centralized government and government ownership
-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.
-{| class="wikitable"
 |-
-!Not Yet Recognized Terms
+|[[Statue of Liberty]]
-!Suggestions
+|1900
-!Comments
+|a phrase used to describe it more than a decade after its completion
 |-
-|9/10 mindset
+|status quo
-|pre-9/11 thinking
+|1833
-|terror is jurisdiction of the courts
+|a useful baseline for assessing and promoting conservative growth
 |-
-|Unaffected by, or impervious to, the media
+|stay-at-home
-|mediaproof
+|1806
-|cf. bulletproof. ''Once John became aware of the extent of [[liberal deceit]], he set about mediaproofing his mind''.
+|typically usage is "stay-at-home mom," the mainstay of successful, productive family life
 |-
-|easily amused by [[deceit]]
+|stem-winder
-|dolophile
+|1875
-|from Greek/Latin root ''dolo-'' meaning guile, deceit, deception [http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/664]
+|first-rate of its kind, especially a political speech; term inspired by the innovation for the watch to be wound by stem rather than by a key
 |-
-|Hatred of one's country, refusal to recognize the good elements of it, or unreasonably critical of it
+|straightforward
-|Misopatria, misopatrist
+|1806
-|From Greek ''misein'', to hate, and Latin ''patria'', nation or homeland
+|something liberals are not
 |-
-|the opposite of [[materialism]]
+|straw man
-|spiritualism and idealism have been its philosophical opposites, historically
+|1896
-|[[dualism]] has been suggested, but it is not the ''opposite'' of [[materialism]]; "spiritualism" is not a common term and is the "opposite" of materialism
+|an imaginary argument or example set up for the purpose of easily knocking down, while distracting from valid arguments
 |-
-|runaway jury
+|strategy
-|
+|1810
-|The term has existed for decades, but Merriam-Webster has not recognized it yet.
+|a careful plan or method, the opposite of liberal style
 |-
-|[[Second generation atheist|second-generation atheist]]
+|street-smart
-|cradle atheist
+|1974
-|
+|the non-bookish intelligence necessary to survive and thrive in an unstructured, rough-and-tumble environment analogous to a tough neighborhood in a big city
 |-
-|denial that [[Hell]] exists
+|Stupaked
-|Hell-denier? Antinfernal?
+|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>
 |-
-|[[deliberate ignorance]]
+|[[subsidiarity]]
-|
+|1936
-|the term exists; the dictionary does not yet include it
+|the concept (opposed by liberals) that responsibilities performed by local or subordinate organizations should not be usurped by centralized government
 |-
-|proven wrong, a refusal to admit it
+|sugarcoat
-|mulism; heel-digger?
+|1865
-|cf. mulish. This refusal is what promoted the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].
+|popularized by [[Abraham Lincoln]] to say that secession is a sugarcoated word for rebellion
 |-
-|[[Illegal Alien|illegal alien]]
+|Sunday school
-|
+|1783
-|widely used in court decisions and political discourse for years, Merriam-Webster still does not recognize it is as a term.
+|classes where students can actually learn something helpful: [[Christian]] education on Sunday morning, usually after a church service
 |-
-|strict constructionism
+|supply-side
-|
+|1976
-|an important term for over 200 years to describe adherence to the text of the Constitution, Merriam-Webster still does not recognize it.
+|the economic theory that reducing taxes expands economic activity by encouraging greater earnings and investments; proven successful during the Reagan Administration in the 1980s
 |-
-|[[abstinence denial|denier of the effectiveness of abstinence]]
+|survivalist
-|abstinence-denier?
+|1970
+|one who is determined and prepared to stay alive, and even thrive at minimal living expense, if liberals cause a breakdown of society
 |-
-|anti-family
+|take-charge
-|tradition opposer, familiopathic
+|1954
-|
+|proactive leadership for the greater good
 |-
-|dramacast
+|takeover
-|tabloid news
+|1917
-|mainstream media presents drama fluff stories as news, e.g. 20/20 - Dateline
+|as in the takeover of government by the communist revolution in that year
 |-
-|[[militant gays]]
+|takings
-|intimidating homosexual
+|1926<ref>''Marion & R. V. R. Co. v. United States'', 270 U.S. 280, 285 (1926) (the Supreme Court referring for the first time to "takings by eminent domain")</ref>
-|
+|use of the power of [[eminent domain]] by government to convert private property to a public use, typically disfavored by the property owner
 |-
-|causing harm by spreading falsehoods
+|targeted propaganda
-|
+|2023
-|e.g., denying or concealing disease and infertility caused by promiscuity
+|propaganda, particularly by the [[liberal media]], that is tailored to discrediting one person, as explained by [[RFK Jr.]] while being victimized by it
 |-
-|[[peer pressure]]
+|tax-and-spend
-|
+|1937
-|can you believe that isn't recognized by Merriam-Webster?
+|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
 |-
-|modern idolatry
+|taxpayer
-|"media idolatry"; "money idolatry"; "celebrity idolatry"
+|1816
-|idolatry conjures images of golden calves, and a modern version is needed
+|the word highlights who is really paying for things
 |-
-|Rule of Law
+|tea party
-|
+|2007
-|
+|an amorphous group of ordinary citizens unified against a more expansive government
 |-
-|[[schlockumentary]]
+|[[Tebowing]]
-|propaganda film
+|2011
-|documentary films based falsehoods and half-truths
+|bending on one knee in public to give glory to God (named after [[pro-life]] [[NFL]] [[quarterback]] [[Tim Tebow]])
-|-
-|}
-== New Liberal Terms ==
-New liberal words often have deceptive, or nonsensical, meanings.  Here are some new words created by liberals to combat [[conservatism]]:
-{| class="wikitable"
 |-
-!New Term
+|teetotaler
-!Origin date
+|1834
-!Comments
+|someone who does not drink any alcohol, and thereby avoids supporting the alcoholic industry
 |-
-|[[Atheism|atheist]]
+|[[term limits]]
-|1571
+|1861
-|useful and often deceptive alternative name for an anti-Christian
+|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>
 |-
-|[[Big Bang theory|big bang]]
+|terrorism
-|1948
+|1795
-|term invented by the leading [[British]] physicist Sir [[Fred Hoyle]] to ''mock'' this suggestion of how the universe was formed
+|Coined during the French Revolution, refers to any form of spontaneous extreme violence, mainly committed by Muslims in modern times
 |-
-|bilingual education
+|[[textualism]]
-|1972
+|1952
-|a euphemism describing a costly and hurtful program that hinders the learning of English by foreign-born children in American [[public school]]s, which hurts their future opportunities
+|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]]
 |-
-|[[carbon footprint]]
+|[[Thanksgiving Day]]
-|1999<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carbon%20footprint</ref>
+|1674
-|term indicates an individual human's effect on the environment by production of carbon dioxide
+|a tradition older than the [[United States]]
 |-
-|chairperson
+|[[think tank]]
-|1971
+|1940s
-|Even Alice Sturgis, the leading parliamentarian of the 20th century, rejected this cumbersome form of political correctness.
+|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?
 |-
-|check-off
+|thought police
-|1911
+|1949
-|automatic deduction of union dues by the employer from the employee's paycheck, so he has no choice
+|“The most gifted of [the public], who might possibly become a nuclei of discontent, are simply marked down by the Thought Police and eliminated.” - George Orwell, ''1984''.
 |-
-|[[class warfare]]
+|time sink
-|
+|1991
-|first entered the political lexicon primarily as an attack by liberals against conservatives. <ref>[http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20030115.html The art of "class warfare"], Ben Fritz, Spinsanity.org, January 15, 2003</ref>
+|this term originated at [[MIT]] to describe a programming class that consumed enormous amounts of students' time
 |-
-|[[communism]]
+|time-tested
-|1840
+|1930
-|
+|an approach that has proven to be beneficial over time, like heterosexual marriage
 |-
-|compassion fatigue
+|tin-pot
-|1968
+|1838
-|Liberals, driven by materialistic self-interest, are likely to suffer from this.
+|small-minded person who undeservedly pretends to be important or abuses his power, as in a "tin-pot dictator"
 |-
-|[[condescension]]
+|toady
-|1647
+|1826
-|Treating another person as though they are inferior
+|an insincere sycophant seeking personal gain, as in "toadies to the [[liberal agenda]] far outnumber its true believers"
 |-
-|[[creationism]]
+|top-notch
-|1880
+|1900
-|like most "isms", creationism is a derogatory term coined preferred most by opponents of it.
+|the highest quality, which requires respect for merit to recognize
 |-
-|[[Dark Ages]]
+|tort reform
-|1730
+|1970<ref>http://faculty.lls.edu/workshops/documents/nockleby.pdf (citing the late 1960s and 1970s for the beginning of the movement)</ref>
-|A term coined in the so-called [[enlightenment]] to disparage the period between the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] and c.1000, when the Christian faith, and its learning and culture, spread across Europe.
+|a movement placing sensible limits on runaway liberal lawsuits
 |-
-|[[Dead white males|dead white males]]
+|[[totalitarianism]]
-|
+|1926
-|a disparaging term used of significant figures from previous generations by those who wish to undermine [[Cultural Literacy|cultural literacy]]
+|term which identifies the similarities of fascist and communist regimes and ideologies and urges resistance
 |-
-|deconstruction
+|tour de force
-|1973
+|1802
-|a style of interpretation of texts that looks beyond the plain meaning of the text and instead infers social bias
+|a feat of skill
 |-
-|diva
+|trademark
-|1883
+|1838
-|modern use to describe female Hollywood/media personalities
+|extends the concept of private property to the marks used by business
 |-
-|[[Détente|detente]]
+|traditionalist
-|1970s
+|1856
-|A euphemism referring to pacifist policy re. the Soviet Union
+|"adherence to the doctrines or practices of a tradition...the beliefs of those opposed to modernism, liberalism, or radicalism"<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traditionalist</ref>
 |-
-|distributive justice
+|tradwife
-|
+|2020
-|A term used to redefine socialist abridgment of rights as "just"
+|portmanteau of "traditional wife": an embrace of the traditional role of a wife in the 1950s as a homemaker, who rejects the side of [[feminism]] that is man-hating<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/us/tradwife-1950s-nostalgia-tiktok-cec/index.html</ref>
 |-
-|[[enlightenment]]
+|[[transaction cost]]
-|1669
+|1961
-|
+|Economist [[Ronald Coase]] won a [[Nobel Prize]] for this.
 |-
-|[[Environmentalist|environmentalism]]
+|[[transistor]]
-|1922
+|1948
-|a mixture of [[pseudoscience]] and neo-[[paganism]] used to justify the imposition of [[socialist]]ic controls.
+|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]]
 |-
-|freethinker
+|transparency
-|1692
+|1615
-|the euphemism "free" hides the hostility towards faith, which is not free
+|allowing people who are affected by decisions to see how and why those decisions are really being made.
-|-
-|[[fundamentalism]]
-|1922
-|"a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentalism</ref> 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]].
 |-
-|[[feminism]]
+|tree huggers
-|1895
+|1970s
-|notionally, "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes"; in reality, the attempt to destroy traditional family, societal and religious values by erasing or undermining natural gender differences.
+|still not recognized by the dictionary, this term criticizes extreme environmentalists, but they proudly use the term also to describe what they literally do
 |-
-|[[gay rights]]
+|trivia
-|1969
+|1920
-|The movement for civil rights for homosexuals
+|insignificant detail, which can sometimes obscure what is important and distract people from the Bible; liberal [[Wikipedia]] is filled with trivial junk
-|-
-|glass ceiling
-|1984
-|the notion that an invisible barrier prevents women and ethnic minorities from reaching high office; an excuse for [[feminist]]s and others to demand [[affirmative action]]
 |-
-|[[global warming]]
+|Trojan horse
-|1969
+|1837
-|The baseless [[environmentalist]] mantra that the earth's temperature is rising, and that human intervention is the cause.
+|describes a type of liberal [[deceit]]:  subversion from within
 |-
-|gun control
+|[[Trump Derangement Syndrome]]
-|1969
+|2017
-|a euphemism for restricting the right to keep and bear arms
+|an irrational, hysterical opposition to President [[Donald Trump]] simply because he is Donald Trump
-|-
-|[[homophobia]]
-|1969
-|used by Liberals to describe a failure to subscribe 100% to the [[homosexual agenda]].
 |-
-|[[humanism]]
+|[[Trump effect]]
-|1808 <ref>http://newhumanist.org.uk/1740</ref>
+|2016
-|
+|based on the leadership of [[Donald Trump]], voluntary decisions by American companies to keep manufacturing jobs in the [[United States]] rather than move them offshore
 |-
-|[[imperialism]]
+|trust but verify
-|1851
+|1980s
-|a clever term later used by liberals to interfere with Christian missionaries and stopping anti-Christian tyranny
+|popularized by President Ronald Reagan as the approach to use towards communist [[deceit]]
 |-
-|[[isolationism]]
+|two-party system
-|1922
+|1925
-|a pejorative term that is critical of American politicians putting America first in priorities
+|a system of government and politics in which two political parties of roughly comparable strength dominate, as in the [[United States]]
 |-
-|Keynesianism
+|typewriter
-|1946
+|1868
-|advocacy of 'tax and spend' policies as elaborated by the economist [[John Maynard Keynes]]; a [[euphemism]] for back-door [[Socialism]].
+|invented by a [[homeschooling|homeschooled]] [[American]], Christopher Sholes, used to disseminate conservative insights
 |-
-|[[Living Constitution]]
+|ugly duckling
-|2000
+|1883
-|a continually evolving Constitution (first used by presidential candidate Al Gore, title of a 1936 book by Howard McBain)
+|an unpromising appearance but often with great unseen potential
 |-
-|McCarthyism
+|ultra vires
-|1950
+|1793
-|Originally, investigations by Sen. Joe McCarthy of Communists working in sensitive USA government jobs. Later, it more broadly refers to holding radical leftists accountable for their beliefs and loyalties.
+|beyond the authority, especially of a government or corporate official
 |-
-|moderate
+|un-American
-|late 1900s
+|1818
-|the original term dates from the French Revolution, but its meaning today is a euphemism for someone who favors abortion and/or supports censorship of Christianity in some ways.
+|contrary to American values
 |-
-|nationalize
+|unborn child
-|1800
+|1791
-|a euphemism for the government taking over ownership and control of a large company or entire industry, as in socialism
+|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)
 |-
-|natural selection
+|uncertainty principle
-|1857
+|1929
-|a misleading and euphemistic term for the theory that genetic advantages and conflict dictate survival
+|an underlying chaos (uncertainty) at the atomic level in the physical world after the [[Fall of man]], which renders a [[perpetual motion machine]] and life beyond 120 years impossible
 |-
-|[[population control]]
+|underachiever
-|1968
+|1952
-|the issue of population dates back to Confucius. Liberals promoted the term after the book The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
+|a typically liberal person who fails to accomplish what he could
 |-
-|[[pro-choice]]
+|underdog
-|1975
+|1859
-|a euphemism for insisting on taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]; people who claim to be pro-choice typically oppose ''informed'' choice, which makes the "choice" meaningless
+|[[David]] v. [[Goliath]], [[Cinderella]], [[best of the public]], etc.
 |-
-|[[progressivism]]
+|[[underemployed]]
-|1892
+|1908
-|the progressive movement was not entirely liberal; it was started by a Republican and shared some goals with conservatives, and still does
+|having less than full-time or suitable employment
 |-
-|[[quote mining]]
+|underwater basket weaving
-|non-existent
+|1950s
-|a term used by [[evolutionists]] to describe taking quotes out of context in order to damage the position of the quoted party.
+|A pejorative that describes worthless college courses and a declining educational system; see [[Worst College Majors]].
 |-
-|[[racism]]
+|underwhelm
-|
+|1949
-|If you don't support Barack Obama, you are guilty of....
+|a great word for beating back [[liberal]] hype
 |-
-|[[Sexual Discrimination|sexism]]
+|unforced error
-|1968
+|1995<ref>Christine Wallace, "Coalition needs a new partner," ''Australian Financial Review'' p. 17 (May 15, 1995) ("John Howard's unforced error in a pre-recorded interview [was] to tell ABC-TV's Paul Lyneham that things would only be 'cooking with gas' if variable mortgage rates began to fall, when precisely that happened in between recording the interview and it going to air, [and this] is a gift to Labor with an election in sight ....")
-|That which is practiced by those who do not give total support to [[feminism]].
+|incorporated into politics from tennis, this term means an unnecessary mistake that was not caused by a difficult question or conduct by the other side.</ref>
 |-
-|situation ethics
+|[[uniparty]]
-|1955
+|1953<ref>Originally applied to the "[[Solid South]]", it increasingly was applied to both parties with growth of the [[military industrial complex]] in the 1960s.</ref>
-|a euphemism for denying fixed ethical standards
+|The [[Washington, D.C.|DC]] [[establishment]] of [[Democrat]]s and [[Republican]]s funded by the same [[globalist]] and [[multinational corporation|multinational]] donors.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/23/report-rnc-corporation-has-lowest-on-hand-bank-funds-since-2016/</ref>
 |-
-|strict liability
+|unscripted
-|1869
+|1950
-|court-imposed liability even when there is no evidence of any fault by the defendant
+|speaking sincerely without parroting a script; "[[Rand Paul]] and [[Chris Christie]] are effective because, unlike [[Obama]], they are unscripted."
 |-
-|Swift-Boating
+|unsung hero
-|2004
+|1860
-|Allegations of unfair campaign tactics.
+|someone who accomplishes good without receiving recognition for it
 |-
-|undocumented immigrant
+|useful idiot
-|2000
+|1920<ref>[http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=135140 Attributed originally to Lenin], but since used by others like [[Nobel Prize]] winner (Literature) Doris Lessing to describe how she was manipulated by the [[communists]]: “I was taken around and shown things as a ‘useful idiot’... that’s what my role was. I can’t understand why I was so gullible.” [https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/07/100624_doc_useful_idiots_lenin.shtml]</ref>
-|a [[politically correct]] replacement for illegal alien.
+|Sample usage:  "There are not as many useful idiots on college campuses for the Obama reelection campaign in 2012 as there were in 2008, and it's doubtful he can fill a stadium rally unless the campaign pays students to attend."
 |-
-|unfair
+|vaccine police
-|1700
+|1999
-|
+|popularized by Phyllis Schlafly as first cited by the media in a front-page ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' article, which quoted her for saying "that the 'vaccine police' want to deny American parents the right of informed consent to vaccines and that the personal immunization records kept by states are the first step toward 'compulsory control of individual health care.'"<ref>Huntly Collins, "LIFE GIVER OR LIFE TAKER: A DEBATE ON THE VALUE OF VACCINES, SPECIAL REPORT, IMMUNIZATIONS: A PUBLIC-HEALTH STAPLE COMES UNDER SIEGE," ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' A1 (Oct. 3, 1999).</ref>
 |-
-|union shop
+|vacuous
-|1904
+|1850s<ref>This word as a prior date of origin for its physical meaning.</ref>
-|
+|lacking any insight or depth of thought - common among [[liberal claptrap]]
 |-
-|[[Unitarian]]
+|vandalism
-|1687
+|1798<ref>From the French word "vandalisme", first seen in print there in 1794 by the Bishop of Blois, Henri Grégoire, to criticize the senseless destruction of fine art during the [[French Revolution]]. [http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/07/origin-word-vandalism/]</ref>
-|
+|malicious destruction of someone else's property
 |-
-|will to power
+|vaporware
-|1907
+|1984
-|[[Nietzche]]'s concept of the drive of a superman to perfect himself by exercising creative power; it didn't catch on
+|a new computer program that is not really available as hyped in the media; see also the parable of the two sons at Matthew 21:28-32
 |-
-|}
+|venture capital
+|1943
-== Rate of Generation of Liberal Terms ==
+|capitalism at its best: funding new and risky enterprises to create wealth for many
-The rate of generation of liberal terms is increasing:
-{| class="wikitable"
 |-
-!Century
+|veracity
-!# New Liberal Terms
+|1623
+|devotion to truthfulness
 |-
-|1600s
+|vet
-|4
+|1904<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2199254/?from=rss</ref>
+|a verb meaning to screen for flaws
 |-
-|1700s
+|veto
-|2
+|1629
+|a power by one branch of government to restrain another branch, and thereby attain less government overall
 |-
-|1800s
+|[[victimization]]
-|9
+|1840
+|
 |-
-|1900s
+|volunteer
-|25 (7 in the 1960s)
+|1618
+|someone who freely offers to help
 |-
-|2000s
+|wag the dog
-|3
+|1997
+|describes how a [[Democrat]] president starts a war in a distant land to distract from his own sex scandal (or any popularity) at home.
 |-
-|}
+|wannabe
+|1981
-== New Terms Difficult to Classify ==
+|a word that criticizes liberal [[status worship]]
-These new terms are difficult to classify:
-{| class="wikitable"
 |-
-|[[Affirmative Action|affirmative action]]
+|War on Terror
-|1961
+|2001
-|first used in [http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal6/eo10925.htm JFK's Executive Order 10925] in 1961 and subsequently promoted by [[LBJ]].
+|no listing at Merriam-Webster; on February 2, 2009 (less than two weeks after inauguration), Obama dropped use of this term.<ref>[http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17455 Obama administration drops 'war on terror' phrase] Pew Forum, February 2, 2009</ref>
 |-
-|bipartisan
+|washed-up
-|1909
+|1928
-|emphasized by liberals when they are in the minority in power, but ignored by liberals when they are the majority in power
+|no longer productive, as in "the washed-up liberal professor has not contributed anything to his field in 30 years."
 |-
-|Cold War
+|wasteland
-|1947
+|1825
-|open hostilities and ideological driven differences between nations
+|first figurative use was in 1868; [[T.S. Eliot]] wrote a poem with this title (as two words) in 1922.<ref>https://www.etymonline.com/word/wasteland</ref>  Fits perfectly the meaning conveyed in the "kingdom divided" teaching in [[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)#12:25|Matthew 12:25]].
 |-
-|smoke and mirrors
+|waterloo
-|1982
+|1816
-|describes the use of deceit, particularly in politics; probably a conservative term, but will await more etymology about it
+|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]]
 |-
-|telecommute
+|weasel word
-|1974<ref>This first use was in the British magazine ''The Economist''.</ref>
+|1900<ref>[http://www.unz.org/Pub/Century-1900jun-00304 The Stained-Glass Political Platform, by Stewart Chaplin (1900)]</ref>
-|a combination of a Greek root ("tele", which means "far off") and a Latin root ("commutare", which means "to exchange")
+|a word that is not conservative and which avoids being direct or substantive; named after the weasel's habits as criticized by [[Shakespeare]] in ''Henry V'' and ''As You Like It''.
 |-
-|[[twilight zone]]
+|[[Welfare queen]]
-|1949
+|1976
-|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
+|a disparaging term for someone who collects excessive welfare payments through fraud, manipulation, or laziness. First used by [[Ronald Reagan]] during his 1976 Presidential campaign.
 |-
-|}
+|welfare state
+|1941
-== Downgraded Conservative Terms ==
+|a government that views its primary responsibility to be to give handouts to individuals to make sure they have what they need
-These conservative terms are less significant:
-{| class="wikitable"
 |-
-|byzantine
+|white elephant
-|1794<ref>The usage here -- in sense of complex governmental rules -- probably developed later.</ref>
+|1860
-|
+|an oversized building that is worth less than its high costs of maintenance
 |-
-|[[entropy]]
+|wildcatter
-|1868
+|1883
-|
+|a pro-energy term that describes someone who drills for oil in fields not known to have oil
 |-
-|[[filibuster]]
+|wishful thinking
-|1851
+|1925
-|
+|in [[liberal denial]] of [[evil]] and the [[devil]], [[liberals]] engage in unjustified wishful thinking
 |-
-|incandescent
+|wishy-washy
-|1794
+|1873<ref>An archaic meaning of poor quality dates to 1690.</ref>
-|bright and radiant, conquering darkness, precursor to the invention of the incandescent lamp (light bulb)
+|easily changing in opinion, usually due to peer pressure
 |-
-|Luddite
+|woman's intuition
-|1811
+|1890<ref>Notice how this predates the modern [[feminists]], who would tend to consider this term [[politically incorrect]].</ref>
-|one who opposes and even destroys technological advances
+|a perception more common in women that something or someone is to be avoided without yet understanding why.
 |-
-|media
+|word poverty
-|1923
+|2001<ref>http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/summer2001/lang_gap_moats.html</ref>
-|
+|popularized by President [[George W. Bush]]
 |-
-|[[milquetoast]]
+|wordsmith
-|1933
+|1873
-|
+|someone who seeks to use language effectively, as many conservatives strive to do
 |-
-|normalcy
+|work (physical sense)
-|1920
+|1826
-|related to the election of [[Warren G. Harding]] by the largest margin yet in history
+|a physical measure<ref>Work equals force times distance.</ref> of effort used to increase energy
 |-
-|ne'er-do-well
+|work ethic
-|1736
+|1951
-|"an idle worthless person" - Merriam-Webster
+|a habit of working as a moral good
 |-
-|reticent
+|workaholic
-|1834
+|1968
-|restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
+|coined by a Southern Baptist pastor to describe the work habits of himself and other ministers<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-on-language-wordplayers.html</ref>
+|-
+|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
+|-
+|yes-man
+|1913
+|someone, often a [[liberal]], who agrees (and votes) as he is told
+|-
+|Young Turk
+|1908
+|an idealistic young man who seeks significant political change by defeating the [[Establishment]]
+|-
+|zero-sum
+|1944
+|activities or political approaches in which a gain can only be achieved at a corresponding loss to someone else.  For example, Facebook revenue is "zero-sum" because it results from users wasting their time (or ruining their marriages); reading or translating the [[Bible]] is not zero-sum.
+|-
+|[[ziggurat]]
+|1877
+|an ancient house of worship first constructed by the Mesopotamian civilization; predicted by [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]] in the story of the [[Tower of Babel]], the existence of the ziggurats was unknown to the Western world throughout most of history
 |-
 |}
+__TOC__ <!--Do not remove this. We want to keep insights on the first screen of viewing-->
 == Sources ==
-*[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ Merriam-Webster dictionary]
+*[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ Merriam-Webster dictionary]
+*[http://dictionary.reference.com/ Dictionary.com]
+== See also ==
+* [[Conservative Words Not Yet Recognized by the Dictionary‎]]
+* [[Downgraded Conservative Terms]]
+* [[Essay:New Liberal Terms]]
+* [[Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms]]
+* [[Linguistic Analysis of Candidates]]
+* [[Essay:Conservapedia's Law]]
+* [[Secularized Language‎]]
+* [[Terms Difficult to Classify]]
+* [[Language]]: [[Etymology]], [[Vocabulary]], [[Word]]
+[[Category:Linguistics]]
+[[Category:Language]]
+{{Conservatism}}
+{{Conservapedia}}
 ==References==
 {{reflist|2}}
+[[category:Best]]
+[[category:Chess]]
 [[Category:Essays]]
+[[Category:Featured articles]]
+[[Category:Essays about Conservatism]]
+[[Category:Glossaries]]
+[[Category:Lists]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Best New Conservative Words}}