for WOTY: "Talibanization"

[Marc Velasco]

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
> rather WOTY were newer than 1998.
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