Political dysphemisms

Geoffrey S. Nathan an6993 at WAYNE.EDU
Mon Aug 17 05:14:13 UTC 2009


And for those of us on other sides of the political 'spectrum', there's also 'Astroturf' and 'Public Option' for government-owned health insurance company.  One dys and one eu.

Geoffrey S. Nathan
Faculty Liaison, C&IT
and Associate Professor, Linguistics Program
+1 (313) 577-1259 (C&IT)
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