for WOTY: "Talibanization"

Marc Velasco marcjvelasco at GMAIL.COM
Sun Jun 29 20:52:02 UTC 2008


talibanization, in this cite, seems too parallel in construction with that
other boogieman 'creeping communism.'  of slightly greater interest is the
lexical void this term is still trying to fill.


(see also: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/magazine/01wwln_safire.html)

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Barnhart <barnhart at highlands.com> wrote:

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> Talibanization is 10 years old!  I know it seems pertinent, but I would
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