deather(ism), proofer(ism)

[Garson O'Toole]

Ben Zimmer wrote
> New terms cropping up for conspiracy theorists positing that Osama bin Laden
> isn't actually dead:

The industrious Barry Popik is on the case: Deathers

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/deather_death_announcement_skeptic/

Ben Zimmer's message continued:
> http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/the-warp-speed-rise-of-deatherism/238187/
> http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/05/05/the-rise-of-prooferism.aspx
>
> ("Deathers," in a previous incarnation, were people who bought Sarah Palin's
> line about "death panels." It got some consideration with other "-er" words
> in the WOTY '09 voting.)
>
> --bgz
> Ben Zimmer
> http://benzimmer.com/
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