"advocate for"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Inglish synonym for "campaigner against."  This has been around for years,
of course, but this ex. seems especially egregious:

2009 Lauren Collins in _New Yorker_ (Sept. 21) 38: "Anyway, I got up,
because I had to, and once I got on the airplane I collapsed."...[Cindy]
McCain has decided to become an advocate for the disorder.

JL

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