[Ads-l] conservigencia

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jan 30 17:37:21 UTC 2016


On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> CNN: "It will explode the minds of the conservigencia."

Spelled as "conservigentsia" (preserving the link to "intelligentsia")
in this 2000 column by John Timpane:

http://articles.philly.com/2000-09-21/news/25583060_1_whitewater-robert-fiske-starr-report

But Google suggests the preferred spelling is "conservagentsia".

--bgz

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