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I use it frequently. It's my preferred gender-neutral term for referring to members of Congress. I don't know it's true origin, but I picked it up from Dave B

I use it frequently. It's my preferred gender-neutral term for referring to members of Congress. I don't know it's true origin, but I picked it up from Dave Barry.

afarrell 11y ago
I wasn't aware it was anything other than a slightly-silly gender-neutral term for members of the House of Representatives. I suppose 'critters' could be pejorative but I'd not seen it used that way.
ddingus 11y ago
Indeed. That's where I saw it initially as well.