[Ads-l] biism

[Laurence Horn]

> On May 31, 2016, at 9:15 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Well, maybe "bi-ism" looks better.
> 
> Trump "surrogate" on CNN:
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> "This is the type of bi-ism that happens in the media that Mr. Trump
> is talking about."

Maybe if "biased" is interpreted as "bi-ist", it's a short step to "bi-ism"...

> 
> Non-Trump surrogates undoubtedly prefer "bias."

You elitists!

LH
> 
> (UrbanDictionary has syn. "biasism" from 2007.)
> 
> JL
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