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malthaussen

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2. Come on, English is a living language.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 02:27 PM

Feb 2016

Honestly, if we're going to complain about every neologism that comes down the pike, we'll never get anything said. Unlike many other neologisms, this one was at least evolved to define a specific process for which no previous definition existed.

-- Mal

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"Originalism" is NOT a word & it certainly wasn't around when the Framers wrote the Constitution [View all] kpete Feb 2016 OP

He read the constitution the way rightwing xtians read the bible, selectively and ignorantly randys1 Feb 2016 #1

Come on, English is a living language. malthaussen Feb 2016 #2

There is a hole Igel Feb 2016 #3

According to my dictionary, it's been in use since 1980 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #4

heck, my 8th-grade poli sci class roleplayed the Constitutional Convention MisterP Feb 2016 #5