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"Obamanation" is a pretty common wingnutism.
by Steko 14y ago
"Obamanation" is a pretty common wingnutism.
- JamesCRR 14y agoYep, we updated that one too! Thanks to @lordlarm for also pointing this out.
- briandear 14y agoWhat is a 'wingnutism'? Let's skip the puerilities on HN if possible.
- Steko 14y ago"What is a 'wingnutism'?" A euphamism coined by and popular with the far right US commentariat. "Let's skip the puerilities on HN if possible." So you're saying we should stop being so childish and get back to the serious discussion about the neutral term "Obamanation"? Don't get me wrong, I get what you're saying and half didn't want to publish with that word exactly but I searched and the alternative was some long clinical description. While it's important to avoid epithets it's also important to be concise and using one word to do the job of over 10 should also be striven for.
- zem 14y agothe word you're looking for is "neologism", not "euphemism" - a euphemism is the replacement of a word or phrase with a synonym considered less offensive, while retaining the meaning. (e.g. "poo" rather than "shit"). see wikipedia for a good discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism