Political dysphemisms

[Herb Stahlke]

And maybe the most successful of them all, "partial birth abortion."

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Herb Stahlke<hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bush's "Clear Skies Initiative" and "Healthy Forests Initiative."
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> Herb
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> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Baker, John<JMB at stradley.com> wrote:
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>>        "Star wars," for President Reagan's Strategic Defense
>> Initiative, comes to mind.  This one was particularly successful,
>> receiving widespread use in mainstream media.
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>> John Baker
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>> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
>> Of Mark Peters
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>> Subject: Political dysphemisms
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>> I'm writing about politically motivated dysphemisms this week: terms
>> like death panel, death tax, and terrorist fist jab. I'm sure I'm
>> missing a lot. Any suggestions?
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>> Mark
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